Chapter 001 Military Court

On May 12, 2009 at two o’clock in the morning, outside the heart of wilderness is the capital city’s location.

Seven black cars in the wilderness driving on its speed, two in front, two at the back, two on both sides, guarding the middle of a black Mercedes. The engine power perform a smooth sound, its body is completely made of high-performance aluminum alloy, the windshield finish can be seen on the spiral of the bullet-proof figure marks, no license plate, no special military logo, one cannot help but doubt, how did the team came out from the door of the capital.

An hour later, the team went into the suburbs and an inconspicuous taupe colored building, four soldiers dressed in camouflage came forward to indicate the car to stop, park and accept the front guard of an open door. The young man wearing black suit got off the car and handed a document signed in deep red ink. The soldiers checked for a while, and coldly said, “I need to consult the superiors.

The man’s eyebrows is anxious and slightly anger with deep tone of voice he said: “this is the signature of the Chinese commander, do you really need to know who signed and still needs to ask?”

The soldiers continued expressionlessly said: “Major, the higher authorities have just issued an order, in addition to the head of their own league. Other people into the military forbidden land will require the Chinese commander and Zhang chief two of them co-signed or it shall not be released.

“you……”

“Li Yang.”

A low voice suddenly sounded behind the car, the driver pressed the button of the black Mercedes window and it slowly opened revealing a slightly tired old face, the soldiers looked surprised, suddenly stood upright, and honored a salute to the commander and said: “Aye Sir!”

Chinese commander nodded his head: “Now, we can go in?”

Soldiers slightly hesitated, said: “report to head, Zhang chief of staff ordered that the military cannot be restricted within the restricted area, all military personnel should walk.”

The soldiers looked seriously then looked up to the commander, eyes through the window in the commander of war while on the leg of the turn on the circle and finally the general coldy said: “I am sorry headmaster, superior instructions indicated, no one can drive, all should walk! ”

Li Yang’s face changed and suddenly became furious, the Chinese commander gently waved his hand, turned his head against coldly said: “Li Yang, you go in, with my documents, we must be 005 intact the military situation, it can no longer bear the loss as 003, they are the country ‘s wealth.

Li Yang suddenly moved to face to face towards the tired white-haired old man, then spoke the revered line of a military ceremony, he firmly said: “The head of peace of mind, resolutely complete the task!

However, a huge burst of sound came crashing, dazzling fire on a dark cloud with a shape like a mushroom suddenly blasted in the night, Li Yang eyes rounded with his forehead showing some blue veins and is not talking until he shouted: “Military restricted area to go!!!”

It is night time and the people of the capital are quietly sleeping but in the fourth military prison outside the city there was a big blast enough to shock the world. In the darkness, the sight of all the countries secretly forming unity in one place, waiting for a few hours before the dawn arrives.

**

Four hours ago.

The fourth military prison in the country’s trial hall, sitting in seven officers wearing formal military uniforms. Badges and medals hanging in their chest, ironed flattened military gala uniform, stars lined and shines attached to their shoulders, declared these people are the rank of generals. At the trial seat are five military judges and they are from the major military areas, not affiliated with a military system. With the following national level special forces surrounding them are more than twenty holdings of the Colt MOD733 5.56 mm assault rifle, look, alert, guard and kill the enemy.

The atmosphere of the courtroom was solemn, and everyone‘s eyes were gathered in the dock, and the head of the generals cleared his throat and said, “Name.

“Chu Qiao.”

A cool voice of low response, although it sounded some husky bedroom like voice that one can judge the person’s sex.

Sure enough, I saw someone wearing a light green trousers on its lower body, upper body on white shirt, cuffs rolled up, revealing half of the white good looking woman sitting in the dock, looking calm, pure eyes and no hint of slightest tension in her face.

The presiding officer continues to the boring process: “sex.”

“Female.”

“Date of birth.”

“October 8, 1982.”

“Native place.”

“Antu County, Jilin Province.”

“Army history.”

“In 1999, I was admitted to the Central Military Academy, and in 2001 I was transferred to the Fifth Military Intelligence Service of the Central Military Command Office. In the second half of 2001, I joined the Eagle Seventh Army for training. On August 27, 2003, I joined the Fifth Intelligence Service, I was incorporated into the second group, engaged in intelligence analysis and deployment work. In 2003, she was transferred to the Xinjiang Information Section, and MI6 with the implementation of the sweep plan. In 2006 out of June latent, 07 returns to 11 and serves as a deputy commander until now.

“What did you do during your tenure?”

“From 2007 to April 2009, 11 of the implementation size of the affairs of 97, by my hand a total of 29, of which are eleven 5-star mission, nine 4-star mission, five 3-star mission, four 2-star mission , 1-star mission. ”

“Please report the two star tasks you have performed.”

“In August 2007, MI7 provided intelligence, MI 9 came forward, I and MI9 Colonel Lee jointly planned ‘sea salt plan’, successfully obtained three hundred tons of uranium ore. In 2007 November, 11 and outside 6 cooperation in the implementation of the trap strategy, captured the so-called Mika two mouse treason generals, destroyed the F country’s nuclear reactor. In 2008 April, plans to control the E country’s ability to recapture the central bank’s loopholes. In 2008 of June, with the help of X, with 11 plans, the ability to help 9 agents 003-based Simo action forming the result of successful production of HK47 drawings.

The presiding judge pushed the glasses, while in control of the document then coldly said: “Please elaborate, you and MI9 agents 003 the status of your relationship in between.”

Being aware of the situation, the woman in uniform saw the slightest eyebrows after her statements, for long time she stared and does not change her face ans is slightly cold towards the seven jury officers who were swept one by one, and finally the judge intervened and said: “In 2001, on the seventh army training period, I and agents 003, 11 staff officer Huang Minrui common living in a bedroom, in March 2004, 003 to the Xinjiang Information Division to implement the East Turkistan terrorist extermination plan, we cooperated for two months. In 2008, together with agent 003 cooperated in the implementation of Simo action. ”

Judge said: “What is your relationship? Is it comrades, colleagues, or friends?

The woman in uniform looked quiet and slightly raised her head and for a long time, she said, “We were friends.

The jury suddenly reacted to a slight uproar, the woman’s eyebrows towards the two of them looked in her eyes and glimpse of their mouth saw they had no time to disperse the smile.

“This is to confirm, you and agent 003 were closely in contact and is there nothing to talk about your intimate friendship, right?

The judge asked a girl wearing a dark green uniform about forty years old female, sank.

The woman in uniform turned around, her eyes looked straight in the female judge seemingly angry face, and finally the woman in uniform said:

“The judge, I and agent 003 are subject to national training of highly qualified soldiers, we understand what can be said, what we cannot say, so, for your questioning words without words to talk about, I think it is the quality of our professional disregard that has been heroic for the national interests of the martyrs sacrificed the greatest disrespect.”

Female judge looking for a white, mean tight lips, no longer speak, the atmosphere suddenly turned into some embarrassment.

Then here, finally the judge asked the key and that key, two more than 50 years of jurors heard a little touch before the court marshal body, and the court masrhal body looked very focused. Chu Qiao bowed her head, a bit delayed for a long time to get up on her neck, word by word Chu Qiao said: “I asked to see my superior, or accept the Supreme People’s Court subordinate military court trial, before that, I will not do the M1N1 action any statement. ”

The head of the judge heard a frown, the voice with a trace of anger, slowly said: “You are questioned by the five military areas jointly sent, and by the highest legal experts formed by the authority of the military court?

“I am not.” Chu Qiao nodded and repeated: “I just asked to see my superiors, in the absence of the Chinese commander who signed the decrypted file. Please, it is a matter of national security, I cannot disclose the M1N1 action information and content.

The presiding judge frightened, and continued, “Then, please call the blame to the general who built the plan that resulted in more than 20 hostages of the victims, make your own defense and elaboration.

“They are not hostages.”

Chu Qiao looked up and said: “I ordered because the order is absolutely in line with the military’s various regulations, not in vain to kill a person, as long as I see my superiors and the commander signed the file, I will carry out the military duty and be in the court martial if ever it will happen I promise to make the most complete statement, but before that, I will not accept any trial.

After the trial entered the deadlock, and Chou Qiao brought down, all the judges and generals fled out of the hall, the strict monitoring device photographed all their images, but looking at the corner of the military generals bench, a flashing red light of the small device, is quietly running.

Time is already running out.

Chu Qiao sat on the iron bed, head down and still. The cell has four sides and is covered with tempered glass, you can completely see the outside and inside of the situation, but the people inside cannot see the slightest outside movement and without any privacy at all. And here, the degree of rigidity of the glass, even if you take the German M7KB large caliber submachine gun continuously shooting for a year, can only open a small mouth. If want to break the glass to escape, one may need the help of an atomic bomb.

Even if you cannot hear, but as the country’s most confidential intelligence officer of the senior commander, she clearly knows all the outside of the layout. Hands touch the pulse, silently calculating the time, she knew that it is time to eat and will be necessary.

Sure enough, Kacha (means rumbling) sound like Cui Xiang (means brittle but loud), the glass below opened a corner door, then slowly a hand put in a tray..

Chu Qiao just sat still on the bed, although she did not move this time a small stone suddenly fly out, accurate and silent hit the wrist watch on the buckle, just listen to hula sound, then she saw the wrist watch fell among the guard.

The soldiers outside was surprised, she stretched out her arm in the inside and touched twice but was not enough to reach the watch. Chu Qiao heard a sound, unintentionally turned her head she looked puzzled and frowned, she knew that outside there is also a person who stood closely monitoring her at once.

In accordance with common sense, during the delivery of prisoners they cannot be close to the door, but at this moment, Chu Qiao has reached out to her own gestures a bit. On the outside the soldiers clearly saw she stretched out her two hands, still not enough to reach out on the ground.

Chu Qiao jumped into the iron bed, picked up the watch on the ground, handed it to the hands of soldiers, facing the outside of the tempered glass she smiled gently, after her meal she was back to her bed.

Outside, soon pipedown.

Everything is so natural, no trace of shame.

Chu Qiao on her bed felt she needed to do bladder break so she went to bathroom next to the door opened.

Government fairly humane, their bathroom settings fairly private, all the following opaque was made of plastic. Chu Qiao sat on the bench, the head slightly lower as she knew someone outside looking at her, and her time on the toilet, never more than twenty minutes.

Someone else cannot see the bathroom, she gently let out of her hands, just touched the fingers of the soldier’s fingertips, there is a transparent film, above, the other side was accidentally her fingerprints. Chu Qiao know that time is not much, she should act.

**

Chapter 002 Rain to the Mountains

At midnight, Chu Qiao shut the bathroom door, she went to the wash basin and washed her hands.

The prisoners are dead and not the slightest sound was heard, this time is one of the most tiring part of the day. Even if there are rigorous training of special forces for alertness and physical strength, it will be slightly lower than usual. Chu Qiao looked calm, washed her face, picked up the towel on the shelf and carefully dry. The sound of the rushing toilet makes her hear pulse beats as it counts the silence of time.

Ten, nine, eight, … five, four …

Time to….Chu Qiao calmly turned to the bed toward the edge.

Hushed but muffled suddenly sounded and huge water went gushing out and subtle fire from the pipe under the impact of water let it out. Chu Qiao’s body was not far from near and it hits her whole body. The next thing she knows, she was lying on the floor.

Outside the prison, the guards are suddenly surprised. Chu Qiao saw the prisoners within the prison breakout and prisoners were hit by the explosion, she cannot count whose alive and who is dead. Suddenly she panicked, her hands and feet shaking as the two prison guards quickly press the switch password, a hand-held submachine gun on a hand-held device rushed into it. However, the brief pipeline blasting destroyed the transmission of information, within five seconds, the direction of the total station can only hear the unknown signal of rustling.

When the two prison guards went to the bathroom to see the reasons for the blasting, the original fainting woman suddenly opened her eyes, as her body rise like a civet cats ready to run, suddenly she went forward to the door of the guard. Two prison guards were shocked, however, before they could shout loud, the gate of the door boomed and was shut off tightly.

Chu Qiao did not see the rage inside of the two prison guards as she walked closer to the monitoring room. It is past the hour before the video is quickly sent to the small DV, do a short, cut and delete, dragging a chair to climb out of the prisoners in the prison, she took the camera outside and put the DV screen in reverse, facing the camera she opened the video playback image, and then back to the monitoring room, she cut off the radio signal transmission.

Time was just at the right moment as five seconds was just over, simple blasting device began after the blasting self-repaired itself, water pipe leaks are quickly bonded. Closed in the prison, the two prison guards were at roar inside and are not allowed to penetrate this sealed cage. The monitor returned to normal, the total station video showing an hour before the image, the woman was sitting in bed quietly, two guards in the back and forth patrol. Everything is so peaceful and quiet.

Chu Qiao with her foxy eyes, looked around for some if there are security prison guards.

Back to the control room, Chu Qiao found and opened a reserved box and replaced her wet clothes, she put forth the prison guards clothing, wearing a hat then picked up the arsenal of the HK pistol, fitted with silencers on her waist, turned and went out.

Two prison guards opened the gate without scruples and are reckless as Chu Qiao passed by unnoticed.

The fourth prison adjacent to the capital city is the location of secluded secret detention and are going to be the national senior military court hearing of the repeated offenders. This is the importance of self-evidence. Each of the dormitories has its own defense and tightness have been linked to latest state of the art technology of security, independent type of detention, weapons equipped with high-end specifications, strong monitoring, personnel deployment are designed to be perfect. Each seat has three national special military guards, divided into two gates, like what was depicted with Chu Qiao’s prison was more likely to be a dormitory. So long as there a password is obtained you can open but outside the prison gates are locked and it is fingerprint activated through a scanner and fingerprint reader.

Three of the prison guards is following a rotation system but now there are already two people in the prison, Chu Qiao took the prepared fingerprint film in advance, facing the scanner docked up, and soon came a click, Chu Qiao was wearing a standard uniform, in the eyes of the two national soldiers Chu Qiao is still the officer glaring and she sneaked openly out of the prison gate.

After going out there is a long corridor as she was in the underground prison from fourth floor, in order to complete the goal, there is still a long way to go. Watch video for one hour and she must seize the time.

Four are detained, all waiting for military court rulings of the national senior officers and secret agents, three is a major offense, the fourth floor is where the officer’s office is located and the second floor is the prison lobby that accepts foreign guests where most of the staff meetings happens. Chu Qiao’s purpose is to get to the prison lobby and to escape unnoticed. She remembers all her innovation escape training and she began to walk.

Took her about two minutes, she left the prisoners as she approached the end of the corridor. At the end, is 40 armed heavy machine guns, heavily armed senior fighters. In the fourth prison, there is no air conditioning pipes, there is no empty sewer, in addition to this long corridor, one can only dig a concrete hole to escape. If a prisoner attempts to escape from time to time, the probability is almost zero.

The soldier guards saw Chu Qiao’s face and suddenly she became tensed. The soldiers raised a black hole as they muzzles and shouts: “Stop! What is your password?!”

Chu Qiao’s head was steady and without blinking and walk towards them, her back straight quite straight, holding a thick file, while walking side of coldly said: “I was in the military law department of the Colonel of Liu Fanghao, in order to file the order of 12658 stationed in the fourth. I would like to send a letter to him and I will have an important document to convey to him.

The soldier surprised a moment, was puzzled same time frowned and said: “Report to Executive, Colonel Tan Zongming, he does not work tonight, his line is a private secret line, please show your password credentials.

Chu Qiao responded: “Military law in the fourth prison never had the need to produce documents, I received the fourth prison warden’s invitation to come and assist in handling the case, three days ago by the school of Colonel Lu Fanghao personally sent to the trial house, you do not know?” Chu Qiao frowned and looked up and down to the soldiers. She coldly said: “Which army are you, they are not familiar with your military code, your number, the troops told me.”

When soldiers heard this, the military level is clear, this person is an extraordinary who opened the conversation about military law and Tan Zhongli Li one of the prison warden are familiar and suddenly gave birth to a trace of sense of awe. Coldly replied: “Report to the Executive, my number is 0475, belonging to the Southern Eighth Army 309 Army 571 brigade task force, not under the regular army of the preparation, we were assigned here just two years ago, so I do not know You are personally sent by Colonel Lui Fanghao.

Chu Qiao heard and her cold brow gently stretch, nodded his head and said: “You are the eighth army of the South? Tell me, is Liu and the deputy governor okay? You brought him in the bar, this time to Beijing, should you leave at the same time?

Xiaobing heard a moment of awe as the underground law enforcement department really have different response: “Report Executive, Liu Jun long all well, our group is transferred to the fourth prison, not with the army back to the south.

“Oh,” Chu Qiao nodded and said: “I also came from the eighth army origin, once in the Eighth Army intelligence inspection service. I say we are still comrades and I am here to see your commander, on behalf of Colonel Liu Fanghao. There are things in the group that you go to the transmission station to fax the document and to duplicate, you have to inform Zhang Chief of Staff and to the Commander of the Secretary, six o’clock in the morning that he will visit military law school and Colonel Liu Fanghao will be waiting.

Then, turned and walked toward the front.

Soldiers stunned in place, holding a lot of top notes above the soft copy files.

Chinese commander … … Zhang chief of staff … …

Out of the fourth floor’s dormitory, the back of her clothes is wet, she leaned against the wall, slowly panting, and then lifted her wrist watch, read the following clock ticks, ten minutes have passed, time left her so soon, she took a deep breath, with her stand straight body, relaxed, she continued to move forward.

Fingerprint decoder, infrared scanner, retina docking frequency, after layers of search and monitoring, she finally came to the second floor of the outer room. She looked at the room where the military law school was, Chu Qiao’s mouth gently picked up something that would save the rest of her life.

Very good she nudged to herself, injustice have debt, she finally found the password and fingerprint to unlock.

**

Chapter 003 To die for the country

Everything turned out easy since Chu Qiao cracked the password lock and the fingerprint reader, she gently turn the door handle, sideways and went inside. Although it is late at night, but the corridor was brightly lit, there are still a lot of people walking back and forth. Chu Qiao walked freely, heading to the corridor of the foreign guests, fast pacing to the fourth prison office, she suddenly bumped into staff and she nodded from the greeting of the staff. Although the staff did not know her, her looks is calm, dressed in uniforms, even the guards look past on her and did not recognize, who would have thought she’s a prisoner?

Five minutes later, Chua Qiao left the office. The staff lounge of the the military office went to greet her eyes and she smelled the air drifting with the taste of wine. Chu Qiao know she was not at the wrong place.

On the side of the bedroom, seen with a movement, Chu Qiao took a rapid response, and told herself “I’ve got company”. A smart buddy with tattoo’s in his body was close to the door, her slender palm quickly touch the HK pistol attached to her waist.

A man wearing short black suit was very alert. He seems to be aware of the movement in the corridor, but his reaction is stupid to find out towards the direction of Chu Qiao who looked at him. To meet him, she took out a black hole in the muzzle with the silencer intact and in place, the bullet quickly rushed out of the muzzle directed in his heart and it exploded a big blood hole. The man’s pupil suddenly widened as Chu Qiao left his body and covered his mouth, until his pulse stopped beating, she let go after and walked fast.

Chu Qiao finally looks at the room before she leaves and there are people more courageous she thought, in this less than 100 of the two into the room, are sixteen years of age, in addition to the one who died before, the rest are all falling into sleep. There are insiders, forged legal status, equipped with high level weapons with some of their companions. These people may dream one person will be bold enough to break into their bedroom and the moment of death have been standing in front of them without any sneaky consciousness.

Against the enemy, Chu Qiao have always been lacking of compassion, although she has been engaged behind the work planning, this does not mean that she did not shoot the courage. With the stable mouth of the large diameter of her HK pistol, Chu Qiao’s eyes slightly squint, showing a trace of cold-blooded color, muzzle aimed at the bed of a middle-aged man, puff sound muffled, sleeping man’s body suddenly startled , forehead blood hole open, white red splashing.

The woman did not do too much to stay, she quickly walked forward, covering in her ears, ten seconds later she ran the outside of the room then finds no one was alive.

When she opened the inside door, she saw five men lying on bed and still sleeping. Not the slightest hesitation, killing in a lot of time, than to eat and take a bath should be more simple. Five guns shots suddenly sounded, the sound was boring, with blood gurgling gushing sound, the air was full of disgusting bloody gas.

From the innermost man’s bag she finds a small DV, Chu Qiao was standing between the corpse of the seven men then she opened and watched the switch go up.

After confirming right, Chu Qiao put away the DV in a large pocket, and then from the deceased bag to find the super C4 blasting expert installed in the room, she opened the boot device and the black box on the red cursor began to flash up quickly.

Chu Qiao finally looked at the room of the dead, confirmed that there were some, opened the door and went out. However, at this time, a Hanmang (means poised) suddenly pulled her neck and strangled her over!

Chu Qiao’s stature fell then quickly turned over and landed to the ground, she rolled its back and watch it escape its bullet attack, Hanmang (means poised) bucket flash, shooting without stopping. Chu Qiao kicked in the door and she banged the door to seal off tightly. Chu Qiao half kneeling on the ground as she listens to the opposite, her breathing is low, she knew that she has been exposed.

Chu Qiao’s muscle stretched very tight, breathing slowly while his enemy’s eyes tightly staring at the opposite door. She is not 003, not super action agent 9, she studied blasting, planning, how to use the favorable environment, clever intelligence, and limited staff to maximize the benefit of the biggest gains of the kill in the military academy. At this moment, in the face of those less than three meters away from her risk, she clearly understood, hard touch is irrational.

Her eyes, slowly aiming at the name of the poor man in the sleep of death.

Bang bang!!! the door was kicked open, Chu Qiao standing in front looked proudly hidden in the room outside of the two men.

They obviously did not expect her to come out of her own and suddenly looked surprised a moment.

Two sounds of crackling was heard, Chu Qiao look contemptuous at the hand of the dagger, her HK thump on the ground, hind foot micro-side, hands forward and formed a tai chi’s hands then facing the opposite two men, cold and a hum of cry she gently stroked. Meaning it is obvious: Together on!

Two men can play a series of 160 rounds of bullets from powerful assault rifle man suddenly in rage, the gun was brushed and he throws it away. Poised in a Japanese boxing posture, eyes vicious, stature suddenly leaps to the lightning speed towards a match with Chu Qiao.

In that small room, blowing a trace of stench of cold wind shaking, dark lights, huge murderous sky, with the two men’s stature quickly toward Chu Qiao, she was forced to act into a man-to-man fight. Just look at the two people that tangled its muscles and shot so cruelly. you can foresee the fate of this woman who knows the skies.

However, at this time, the deep-sounding woman suddenly smiled, her mouth coldly pulled up, turned into a trace of a while but cold smile, as if the trick is a general, a Japanese made M609 small caliber pistol suddenly appeared on her hand. M609, close killer weapon of the king, not through the hole, always a direct headshot!

And the next thing was hearing the bang bang sound, 0.05 seconds of the spike so that the two even screams seems heard, close to the shooting, bursted out of their heads, bloody brains splashed thus spraying directly to Chu Qiao’s body.

Disgusting kick landed to the open man, Chu Qiao quickly opened the bathroom door, as expected two more people showed up but the action is still very smooth than originally estimated to save twenty minutes of time, enough to make her perfect wrap up job.

Fifteen minutes later, a woman in military black suit coming out of the military law room rest room walked in the second floor of the outer corridor, facing forward, the fourth prison staff wore that kind smile and then three minutes later, she calmly opened the door of the second floor, Chu Qiao went out.

The night wind was cool and softly blowing on Chu Qiao’s face as she walks in the fourth prison of the ground floor down to the hall and was surrounded by busy people welcoming the arrival of the country’s elite soldiers, she raised her wrist, watch according to the time of she has ten seconds remaining.

Chu Qiao looked the same and continued to go, while walking from the side, she grabbed a yesterday’s newspaper. While walking and reading Chu Qiao’s attitude always counts her steps.

10,9,8 …

“May 11, China has a case of infection with the M1N1 virus with patients diagnosed in Beijing. At present, the diagnosis of infection in China infected the forty-seventh person. The ports and some flights have been announced to be suspended. Tourism suffered a serious impact, trading stock fell heavy, Beijing and Shanghai’s market in a gloomy stance… … ”

7,6,5 …

“Xinhua statistics: the current statistics, Moses Song confirmed that the number of people that has been diagnosed and infected with M1N1 virus are 689 people, suspected number of infected patients is 1,227. The death toll arises to sixty-eight people. The number of deaths is still uncontrollable among the people who contracted the infection through a selenium teeth test and confirmed the number of three hundred and fifty people while number of suspected at 561 people and the death toll of ninety-seven.

4 …

“M” country ugly association reported: the M countries experts informed suspected with M1N1 virus is spread out by the Z country, because the Z earthquake destroyed the balance of atmosphere causing the breeding ground of the virus, Z government for natural disaster was not able quickly and effectively face the alarming situation and resulting on the rapid spread of infectious diseases . M government intends to refuse to accept foreigners from Z countries trade in short term, expulsion of M government to domestic Z government people that prohibits Z people arriving to the country. The House of Representatives is currently tensed discussion, I believe that soon there will be a proper way on how to to deal with the current pandemic.

As ashes and smoke fans along, all of the fourth prison staff was activated to red alert status, they were trained to pick up the weapons both quick and well-organized toward the explosion site where it occurred. Chu Qiao covered with dust, with a panic look in her eyes, pulled a man wearing a uniform arm, shouted: “comrades! What happened?”

The man looked at her and was still messy from the military law department, knowing that she was not from the fourth prisoner so he lifted her up and said, “You are in the military service department, and you will come with me and I will take you out.

Busy with escort, other departments and colleagues of the national soldiers do not know, at this time, in their own hands, it is the initiator of this explosion, not only that, there are more than a dozen “military law” comrades were killed in Chu Qiao’s hands.

As chaos harvests the crowd, they rushed out of the hall and was about to continue to run forward, not looking at the path when two man suddenly appeared into the hall and hit them both.

“Ah! Sorry, It is Colonel Lee!” Man hold on to each other, sorry she said.

“You came to me, there was a big bang, we have the words to go out and talk about it.”

Chu Qiao quickly interrupted the words of Li Yang, the soldiers heard: “I don’t know what just happened and I did not send this two, I do not know what is the situation, I want to go back and see.”

Li Yang nodded his head and saw the soldier go away but grabbed Chu Qiao, coldly said: “How is it? Why did Military court tried you? How did you escape?

“M1N1 virus is not a natural disaster, but the man-made M, R, Eagle, F, and so on more than a dozen high-level western regions are involved, and even some people inside China is also interested in getting involved in the last captured X forces. The hostages are simply not hostages, but virus experts who are hidden at military research institutes, who want to spread the virus around the world, fight against the hostile country’s economy, and at the last minute by a listed company will produce M1N1 virus antibiotics, and profiteering. My agents got their evidence of the crime in it.

She coldly said: “take out the DV and see it for yourself Li Yang, the last agent poet of Tokyo is to kill the senior leadership of X forces, and finally to bring back something that our internal informants life’s in exchange for evidence, but unfortunately the agent poet died in the streets of Tokyo, it did not amount to nothing. The M1N1 virus was behind the main cause of reselling of human organs that secretly developed fatal epidemic virus X. They sent people into this country, under the cover of high – level treason leaders, disguised as military law colleagues, into the fourth prison who stole the evidence, and now I have been removed.

Li Yang stunned at what he said then said: “You mean they killed the poet and that was it?”

Chu Qiao nodded, and was certain when she said: “I received order to give up 003 agents that were hidden in the country’s high-level enemy agents. He also ordered me in the fourth prison to take the country’s criminal evidence who tried to cover up their heinous crimes. ”

Li Yang is still immersed in a huge shock, eyebrows locked, eyes got darker that betrays him with anger, coldly said: “M artillery shells experts today at Beijing for visit and study. The Beijing staff was focused on money and I have been part of it more on meeting the task and did not think of them … .. ”

“What did you say?” Chu Qiao said it like a scream.

Li Yang surprised a moment, asked: “What?

“Did you say that the M artillery experts arrived at Beijing?”

Li Yang nodded and said, “Yes ah, last night it arrived.”

Chu Qiao looks at him and more than interested to find out more and said: “with no navigator locator?”

“Are you looking for that?”

Chu Qiao suddenly became furious and snapped: “You did not bring with you?

Then the next thing, the two people ride on their military service jeepney, very quickly in the courtyard of people where they were coming and going, it took two minutes, after Chu Qiao saw the navigator locator and it is flashing a red dot, she only felt whole but her mind went blank.

“How is this going on? You have not installed the navigator locator on the second floor of the guest room? How will you monitor the courtroom in the fourth floor?

Chu Qiao stood up quickly to find a weapon in the warehouse where she can take advantage of it when she gets outside. She coldly said: “M countries simply do not trust R Countries X forces, they are afraid that R country cannot succeed, the matter exposed and went out, so in the trial room to install the navigation locator, as long as there is time, the shells will be fired, when the whole fourth prison will be razed to the ground, including evidence, including me.

“What do I do now? Immediately go to inform the bombs experts, inform the special forces to send and make reinforcements to control the M country”

“It was too late,” said Chu Qiao in deep formal voice, and coldly said: “Immediately prepare me a helicopter to disperse the crowd, you have the most important thing to do now and this is to hand this evidence to the hands of the Chinese commander. The life of the eleven of the 14, the death of the whole world and the death of the life of the M1N1 virus, all in your hands now. You must not have any slightest mistake.”

Li Yang looked surprised a moment while on the distant smoke the crowd went restless, he looked at the woman’s firm eyes and thin face, suddenly he felt a burst of sorrow and grief at heart, for a long time before the firm and in coldness said: “You must do Chu Qiao, you want to take care of this.”

“You too.”

Meanwhile, the woman did not return to the warehouse as she remembers before the hardships she went through out of the four-story expedition she quickly ran to.

Ten minutes later, a helicopter took off from the helipad square of the fourth prison and quickly moved away from the fourth prison at an extremely fast pace and swept away towards the desolate suburbs.

Sitting on the sedan beside is the commander inside the car, Li Yang holding arms with its navigator locator, watching the little red dot from the four-story courtroom move little by little, came to the helipad square, and then quickly fly over to the outskirts of Beijing. Suddenly, a huge violent explosion came from the sky, positioning device on the red dot instantly disappear and was turned into a black skeleton pattern.

Li Yang sitting in the car did not look back, but on his part he never show people’s tears but in the dark he slowly let it out.

On the night of Beijing, its quiet.

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Chapter 004 Royal hunting

The birthplace of the Great Summer Dynasty reaches the Hengshui River on the east coast of Hongchuan. Their ancestors began to live by the grass and choose nomadic living, therefore people practiced in martial arts and trained strong soldiers. Their season turns from summer to bitter cold. The condition of their living environment limits the development of these summer people. Thousands of years, summer people in the east of the red river had difficulties in the land to survive until the real Huang (means Yellow黄) of the world was established by a strong regime.

In the history of this strong regime, almost every word is made of blood and tears. The nature of the nomadic people makes their relationship with the land feels indifferent which to some extent also makes them raise some issues compared to the South Bian Tang, Oriental Huai Song is more inclusive and have a large posture. For hundreds of years, the summer people continue to immigrate to the west, and as aliens they mixed with their culture and struggle to survive to their increasingly vast territory. Now for more than three thousand years history of Bian Tang and the most prosperous business Huai Song, became the mainland’s first military Power.

It has become the center of economic and political power of the whole continent, high-rise neighborhood, business travel, bustling and splendid national dignitaries, wealthy businessmen, shuttle in the nine main street, forest and also its city, very lively.

The morning sound of the first long distant throbs tremendously spread through a gigantic bell fixed at their gates and it slowly opened. Sunny and true Huang Cheng, the gatekeeper from Zhuge Household opens a new day and once again run by the Imperial rough order it slowly began.

“drive!”

Suddenly the sound of powerful and neat throbs was heard, the black horse raised its white horseshoe, riding in the city outside the snow and the snow splashes as horse galloping marches and thumps were echoed all over the city leaving more than a dozen followers far behind them.

“Yan Shi Zi! You came in late!”

Zhuge Huai mocked Yan Shi Zi with a long laugh, he drive forward facing the people wearing his smirking smile. Yan Shi Zi face was as fresh like spring breeze, his voice warm, a pair of eyes half-squinting, his aura flashing a shrewd light, he wears a purple gold line koi chinese clothing with its exclusive designer after the Cangwu Wushan silver mink and he looked more and more elegant and romantic suave. Since he’s thirteen-years-old his super-elegance was beyond the wisdom of age.

Standing beside him are four youngster ages 11 years old and thirteen, everyone dressed in brocade costumes behind their back is Ying Ting (means an old-fashioned music) an extraordinary equipment. They heard his voice and they suddenly turn around and look towards the people.

Yan Xun stayed in the house and called someone like he wanted to cry. Suddenly a mysterious snowflake appeared and most of people of the land stood up with their loud cries. After it, the snow firmly stopped at Yan Xun who was wearing deep purple suits, and on his shoulder was adorned with long fur as white as clouds. His childhood playmate coldly said: “when brother Zhuge Yue receives the news he will have difficulty getting out of the house as the eighth princess is on the Zhuge Yue household.

“The woman seemed to be very beautiful, and was the reason for Yan Shi Zi sleepless night’s is Ya Xing.” A man wearing a loose green pajamas came up with a small son, the sound also with a soft voice, eleven and twice of age as of the son, a pair of eyes bent, like a fox in general while smiling told him that.

Yan Xun’s face turned indifferent and said: “If not for the King’s little princes jokes the day before the Japanese banquet, I might have broken the princess glass, and today there will no flying Yan Xun speaking in everything but also give thanks to the little prince.

The son of a low smiled, do not worry then turned away, facing the side of another Cangqing (means blue and green) robe, a boy said: “see it Mu Yun, I said Yan Shi Zi will not let go, it is necessary for him and I’m definite. ”

Mu Yan slightly raised his eyebrows: “This emperor was the root of many people who makes you suffer less? Yan Shi Zi is in good temper and will not kill your household.

“In the end is still better than what? If all you want is to chat then go back.”

Another black pants of a young boy came to his waist hanging a bright yellow bow, a look that is the king of all things. Yan Xun seems to be aware of his general at this time, jumped off the horse, respectful salute: “The original seventh, His Royal Highness is also here, Yan Xun eyes is just clumsy.

Zhao Che looked at the eyes of Yan Xun in a glance, called in for greeting straight to Zhuge Huai and said: “I and eighth younger brother just had a dinner and we still have to study and have less leisure time.

Zhuge Huai laughed: “Since Yan Shi Zi came, let‘s start.”

King Xiao Wang smiled and clapped his hands: “Zhuge Huai why don’t you find that fresh stuff, you come out and show me.

Zhao Jue said: “I saw a pile of animal cage transported and if Zhuge Huai does not want us to hunt then it will be useless.

Zhuge Huai shook his head and said: “Today, I can spend a lot of thought at how you look at me.” Having said that, he stretched out his hand and gently pointed his hand to the direction of the field in the pale snow far from where he stands.

The hunting field was surrounded by fences and from a far you are able to watch the marching horses entourage of Zhuge Huai into the paddock where horses are held. A total of six wagons and six huge cages were lined up in an open space. Since it is covered with black cloth, you would not be able to see what’s inside.

The King’s little princes interested and said: “What is that surprise inside? Zhuge Huai I guess you are not going to sell something today? And he chuckled to mock Zhuge Huai.

Zhuge Huai smiled and did his smirking smile signature, facing the distant followers waved, and he ordered to removed the black cloth and the King’s little princes paused for a moment as he blankly stared as he was surprised but did not show. He quickly shifted it with a smile.

All saw the huge cage filled with a group of young children, about seven or eight years old girls, each cage has twenty children. Everyone only wore a thick cloth gown with a chest like-skirt prisoners. At their back were inscriptions and were written in oversize words and each cage of words are different and these are the names of the field hunters Mu Yan, King’s little prince, Yan Shi Zi, Zhuge Huai, Zhao Che and Zhao Jue. The group of children was kept in the black cage for a long time and when they got out they looked like ignorant to see the light even though all were blindfolded eyes the children panicked and crowded together like a group of timid rabbit.

Zhuge Huai laughed: “here are the mechanics of the western district hunting game they taught me. Wait for my signal to call to start my servant to remove and release the barbarian cage the beast in the wolf, those beasts has been hungry for three days and their eyes is like a red crimson. We can shoot animals but you can also shoot others in the cage of slaves, a stick of incense is burned, and when incense of stick is on ashes, my servant will shot an arrow and hunting stops. Then, my servants to check who left the most of slaves and will be declared winner of the game.

Zhuge Huai said: “Then begin! Thirty arrows released and shot each children.” After his signal, every hunter turned against each subordinate and said: “Zhu Jue, open cage.”

The servant who executes the order, the cage door was opened and they discharged it in the paddock. The children shivering standing in place, as if there were still cage and looks like they are still trapped in their sleep and are afraid to move.

Suddenly, wailing and cry of roar came out as the servants unties the gate that has fences around. More than twenty ferocious evil wolf were released and ran to the paddock. The next scene was a pool bloody mouth wolves roaring fear towards the children and they started to ran for their lives.

Monster screams sounded as the children hastily gathered together toward the direction to run away to a safe place. At the same time, the fence outside have sharp arrows and against the impact of the fence was blown away when the whereabouts of those ferocious wolves tore it apart and chase these children on their agony and wail.

Strong bloody gas and the skies are the only witness to the mournful screams upon screams in the open field. Arrows pierced all over the children’s thin shoulder blade, chest and abdomen, blood gurgling out, it’s a pity to see their bodies lying in blooming blossoming bright safflower. Wolves smell fear in the air and became more ferocious and offensive. A whole body of the blue wolf quickly jumped in took the child’s neck and bit. The child did not have any chance to scream and another wolf torn a thigh, her head was bitten half, and white flower of the brains, splashed out, mixed with blood in one, sprinkled on the white land.

Between heaven and earth was chaos lying in the ground, relentless violent screams heard, the pain was everlasting, eyelids heavy like thousands of boulders, Jing Yuer, Zhuge Huai’s little children body was shot with sharp arrows, mercilessly nailed to the ground, she can’t barely breathe and may not hold on any longer. She seems to have died, but her brow is tightly wrinkled as it holds on to her ebbing life. A fierce wolf slowly closing in towards her, open with a fierce eyes the wolf flashed as it watches the child, and the stench of saliva began to flow and next thing, is the most gruesome situation to watch. The child’s soft cheeks was devoured..

Somewhere, there seems to be the eyes of God watching the tragedy of the innocent creatures, as the wolf seals the kiss of death, the child’s eyes suddenly opened, as sharp as a knife, the child thought she is an adult for a moment, a no half-child that should be timid and weak. Almost sudden and quick, Jing Yuer stretched out her hand to exchange her fate to the wolf as she grabbed the jaw of the wolf and repeatedly banged then raised the wolve’s head. The next thing surprised the viewer’s at a distance when she bite’s the wolf’s long tongue and force the wolf to taste the horrible pangs of death.

Sharp howling was heard at a distance, all turned around and looked to the eyes whose vicious bite belongs to the tongue’s child and the wolf was nearly dead, viewer’s were both amazed and shocked that they forgot the competition of archery at that moment.

Zhao Che muttered, see this is the first child who has tongue that can “cut” a wolf just like that! Then ​​grins showing his teeth took his bow pull arrows, whizzed and a sound shot on the wolf’s throat.

Wolf was crying down when it fell to the ground, the paddock on tragedy continues, the rest of the wolf pursued other girls, everywhere are horrid and dreadful tearing the body and ravages the limbs. A child’s heart screams..crying. But this Jing Yuer, Zhuge Huai’s children though trembling stood up with her incredible eyes wide open but like being petrified at the same time. Here’s a small body clothes broken, hair scattered, pale, full of blood, cold air whirled blowing, she seems to be a weak little grass.

Whispering sound sends a sharp arrows suddenly shot at Jing Yuer, Zhuge Huai’s children stature flexible jump back and forth, escaped a fatal comeback, but the rest of the children are weak, or that sharp arrows aimed to hurt the calf as blood rushing and flows like a river.

King’s little prince in his amuse, continue to take the bow and releases the arrow, once again shot.

Behind the wolf go hand in hand that stinky smell and suddenly was hit Jing Yuer. Zhuge Huai children too late to see her injured leg as the wolf toward the direction of Zhao Jue was cut by his arrows and went away.

Is this person saving her? The child continued to realize, if she is right then if she runs closely to Zhao Jue’s direction he would saved her twice, her cunning mind of a child quickly chose the most favorable direction for her own’s sake.

However, just before she stepped two steps forward, sharp arrows rained down and shot her mercilessly to nail her feet. The child surprised for a moment, stopped, and then looked up, frowning, puzzled to see that the one riding in the red horse wearing the cold black robe is a stripling.

Zhao Che coldy despises and catches his eyes glanced at Jing Yuer, Zhuge Huai’s child, an arrow shot through another girl running in vest, the child is still five or six years old screams and fell to the ground, behind Yan Shi Zi was blood stained red that quickly torn by the wolf.

Time was very fast for the hunters but very slow for the child. Jing Yuer stood in place, looked cold, suddenly, she nipped her mouth then quickly run fast towards her friend. Jing’s Yuer injured little legs did not affect her body’s flexibility. Then a wolf chased in the back so fierce but she rushed forward, unforgiving the wolf and finds no escape.

The corner of the paddock stood a pile of sticks that feed the weeds to the horse, the star child picked up a stick, then hit its heavy head, left open for the wolf’s waist.

Wolf howling cry while staggering to jump to the other side and apparently was seriously injured.

“Come! Come!” The child shouted, squatting the body to pick up two stones, while she is rubbing the two stones a crackling sound was forming, the wolves scattered as the weed in the field soon burned up. Will stick those sticks, said the child holding a torch,. She ran to the field, to disperse the wolves who are attacking the children and she exclaimed: “Come over!

Young children crying toward the side of the star child and they came to her, they are all injured, there are wolves bites and arrows shot and it hurts. The cruel and scornful hunting event left only less than twenty children in injruy, bruises and with no one to help except for the boldness of the child Jing Yuer, Zhuge Huai children.

Wolf in fear of fire, saw the children in the middle surrounded by fire. Wolves hesitated and dared not to approach though they have been hungry for a long time. The wolves turned around for a while and went back to the bodies they devoured and feasted on their craving for flesh.

Zhuge Huai narrowed his eyes and felt so arrogant and whispered: “useless animals.” Arrow to the wild wolves, go!

And arrows have rained down on the wolves, on their attacked there were bloody screams. The wolves have fallen to the ground, no one survived.

Seen the destruction by their own eyes, the children was overjoyed regardless of the pain of the body. Even jumped in the air, after the death of the rest, they were loud that cheers them up.

However, their joy was short lived and their voice was shut off after the wave of arrows from the distance was shot in their small bodies. The princes eyes are sharp and does not tolerate the other side of the child. These princes are bloodthirsty for lives and do not want to give it away.

An arrows whistling from the distance shot through a child’s head, her right eye was aimed and penetrated the back of her head. It firmly stopped at the tip of the child. White flower of the brittle gradually at her face and the child opened his mouth. Her hands still holding the burning sticks. The children’s cry echoed in her ear, everything was like a nightmare.

There were only few arrows left from the four hunters but King’s little princes and Mu Yun smiled as they have not spent much of their arrows. They catch the bow and arrow and aimed to the girls, the fierce shots flies over.

Zhao Jue cut a sharp and fast pick thenfrowned. He drive immediately before the hand touch the arrows, but pass over only one, cold as he is, he went over to Mu Yun and managed to ply it down, then two broken arrows, both on the bow, the force of effectives in its peak was lost because of him. Feeling proud he said: “When the king is a small King and Mu Yun’s bow and arrow knocked down.”

Zhuge Huai laughing out loud then cried: “good arrow!”

After the blood bath, the voices faded, all screams had stop, the north wind swept the white clouds only true skies sweep through the stinky field, bloody taste filled in the air, their pain is gone but the outcome was permanent. Scarlet piece as a token of the hunting event at the paddock, only a child and her senseless life done, she was full of hair, piled up in the middle of the straw, clothes stained, pale, leaning on a wooden stick. All of it are meaningless but for the hunter lords, the game was over and was accomplished.

Zhao Jue said: “seventh brother is so powerful, I have no arrows, and today seems to be seventh brother victory he said in a mocking voice.

King’s little princes raised his brow, looked at their own eyes, and saw the eyes of Mu Yun, and finally turned to look Zhuge Huai.

A stick of incense of the time just past half, all the arrow feathers have been told, only Yan Xun’s arrows was still left untouched, they were white feather arrows.

Yan Xun just sitting on his horse, although only thirteen years old, but the back of the tall and straight stature, his sword eyebrow and a piece of cloth with a star in his head, nose high, eyes sharp, and wears a deep purple costume on his body, more and more outright, handsome but cold. He looked indifferent, he slowly drive immediately and still full of bow and arrow then aimed at the center of the paddock.

Changfeng blowed the whistle, and rolled up the child broken clothes and messy hair, she was still very young, but six or seven years old, look obviously stunted, yellow and thin, just like that born with long hair, arm , neck, calf all scars, shoulder injury is almost close to the heart. She stood in the middle of a messy hunting field, over and over the body of the broken arm, the body of blood, bloody smell floating around, cruel forces like desperate cry, tearing the child’s fragile eye.

A flashing bloodthirsty poised arrows slowly hit the child’s throat while the juvenile Yan Xun sitting on the horse his eyes sharp his eyebrows locked, blue veins on his arms collapse, slowly full of the bow.

She has avoided, the idea of ​​chaos from her childlike mind whistling like quick counter on a podium, mixed with puzzled and uncertainty lies sudden massacre in front of her, she collapsed and missed that arrow shot. And then she slowly raised her head her eyes cold of hatred and disgust, she looked at the cold face of the boy with whom she has nothing to fear anymore.

That day, is the first four days of the first four hundred and sixty-six years, the people of the real city have just passed their new year, in the city of Huang outside the royal hunting ground, Jing Yuer and Yan Xun met for the first time.

Time through the track of history was cut. The gate of time and space met, the two should not have met nor touch their soul, not even should be placed on the same platform.

Yan Xun raised his brow lightly to facilitate, but his fingers slightly partially let go of the arrow only.

Long arrow whistling away, driving the air in the cold wind, issued a whiz the sound, all the line of sight all the cohesion on it, towards where the child half-standing place, all of them stared.

The hunting field cries as bloodline was already stretched, white arrows rub the child’s neck and instantly bloodstains gushed out. What’s amazing is the child stature slightly flashed, staggered two steps, but still half-standing in place.

“Haha! Congratulations seventh brother!” Zhao Jue laughed loudly.

Zhao Che thrown a contemptuous looked at Yan Xun and then sneered: “Yan Shizi buried all day in the song and dance poetry, fear is already forgotten, Zhao ancestors does not how to take the arrow.

Yan Xun put down the longbow, turned his head and said: “Zhao ancestors know how to take the arrow and Yan Xun did not dare to pretend like what Zhao‘s descendants did today.

Zhuge Huai laughed: “In this way, today I declare the game is over, and my household has set up a banquet, let’s all go and celebrate the new year today.

Everyone promised to come and leave everything on what happened on that field that day, as if everything is just a normal game.

Winds are whistling, wrapped up the fluttering crowd at their large fur cloak in an open snow on the reign of the drumfire, a bit far from his distance, Yan Xun came back to see that the child is still standing in the wilderness, his eyes deeply looking towards her but the frozen starts to hiss, he stared at her for long time and was motionless.

afterthoughts – Yan Shi Zi is same as Yan Xun.. His buddies calls him Yan Shi Zi but his popular name was Yan Xun in the novel. He somehow did not intend to shot the arrows aimed at Jing Yuer the child from Zhuge Huai children as this is not what his principles he lived by, but he is also concerned not to harm the little child so he just did what he just have to do and maybe saved her by aiming at her to avoid further damage on her. I am so touched on this..he has to aim but he has to fail at that aim or else he will kill the child Jing Yuer whom Yan Xun wished was still alive. Its as if whispering to her ears..just make them believe you are dead so you could live and be free..

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Chapter 005 Contains blood fluttering teeth

The skies gradually turned darker, the north wind whistling and blowing, calling the cold chill that pierces the bone marrows, winds rolled up and numerous snow flakes starting to fall, sky were sobbing like a mad monster.

While at the Zhuge Huai household under the people are cleaning the paddock, they will be those young bodies shoveled up, and then throw in the carriage. Not far from digging a little pit, a cumulus cloud appeared crackling, burning and issued a strong black clouds. The clouds help bury these children, together with those bloodthirsty beasts. These weakling grass passed on the next life, like a ball rolled in once, the rich owners played then got tired now thrown away.

Looking back at the cage where Jing Yuer was put away, she is the only one left from Zhuge Huai children’s unlike the others she is the only one dressed in a broken sacks, her head low and is sitting quietly in the cage but was showing little sign of life on her. She has went through extreme injuries that even an adult may not survive if it were just like her. The Zhuge servants thinks she may die. Amazingly, the servants came back to see her many times while finishing up their job but still see the child was alive. Gasping some air on her little chest that inhale exhale pattern is a sign that she is still breathing normally and the servants thinks something is different with her and maybe a strange force will help her to support her if she dies, in order to continue her journey to life. The servants was kind enough and they did not throw her into the funeral pit, but when it was time to leave, she was put back to cage.

The cage that seemed to be overcrowded earlier seemed a bit empty at the moment, and the children were all dead, leaving only one. The driver in the carriage lamented and uttered good luck to the child at the same time but could not help except to quietly look over her and watch her glances.

Even if she cannot say any words the man is still keen to realize that this child, compared with what happened many hours before the hunting began , was still the same, only comfortless.

Meanwhile, Huang Cheng opened the gates, Zhuge household in its summer countenance has a great influence and high-end status, defenders of the defenders is their pride where their status and respect are displayed in their waist a type of buckle exclusively hand crafted to Zhuge household, and Huang Cheng nodded in his head and watched them enter.

Jing Yuer, Zhuge Huai children does not have any sense of time of how long she was in the cage and she has been shaking in hunger. She did not lift the slightest sense of consciousness. Sun is shining like a king but the wind is very cold blowing through the cage window. It hit her thin clothes like a knife scratched in general pain.

The carriage turned to Jiuwei main street it is the inner city of Lagerstroemia (means a crape myrtle) Square, which is the founding father of the Queen’s ancestor families named after four hundred years, has been a site and was revered as their Holy Land. Common people needs to face the square at the central Lagerstroemia Palace and three steps to worship and knock nine times to show respect.

Zhuge servants finally arrived home but have to get off and precisely facing the palace in kowtow ( 磕头 means an act of deep respect by kneeling and bowing ones head in the ground) position.

At this time, a horse towards them starts to hiss, a light voice in front of slowly said: “Who is your servant now, is this how you block in the middle of the road?”

Zhu Shun quickly got up and meet Shu Ye Son, as his arrogance dissolved in the air and quickly pulled down then respectfully said: “The original Shu Ye Son, what can I help you with?”

Zhuge servant fleet quickly went out of the way, on their way the tip toe of the horseshoe’s sounded like they want to show sympathy after the child. Shu Ye Son in the carriage peeks at the cage and heard the child’s painful sobs, then the man stopped for a moment and asked the child why are you crying?

“Have you been bitten by a wolf?”

Zhu Shun quickly replied: Shu Ye Son, this is just a slave, no harm.”

Shu Ye Son did not care about what Zhu Shun said, just staring at the child, slowly bent over and said: “Can you look up to me?”

Zhun Shun brushed a whip in her side and through the cage the body of the child is fiercely pumping in. Jing star child was startled, she raised her head looking at the whip.

On his side was his head coldy said.“What are you doing?” Shu Ye Son raised his brow.

Soft voice suddenly sounded, although weak, but reveals a trace that cannot be ignored peace and calm. The cold Shu Ye Son felt strange then they turn around and look at the beaten the child. Zhu Shun stumbled, knock knock child, “what do you want to say?

Jing Yuer’s small face was full of blood yet her pair of big eyes black and white, appears to be more beautiful when you see her face to face. Although weak she said: “I just heard someone call you Zhu Shun.

Zhu Shun slowly frowned: “Yes, I am, why?”

“Nothing,” the child shook her head. Shu Ye Son took Zhu Shun dirty hands, gently covered his arm to catch the whip, nodded and said: “Oh, I remember this whip.”

Zhu Shun suddenly went furious because he just want to speak to the child but Shu Ye Son making him realize he is rude with the whip he just brushed off with Jing Yuer. Shu Ye Son was the first to laugh, his seventeen-year-old look is tall, straight posture, chic and honorable, a white robe embroidered with layers of clouds above looks elegant but does not show significant publicity. He looked up and down to the child, and looked pleased and said: “Child can you tell me your name?

Jing Yuer looked at Shu Ye Son’s eyes then shook her head her eyes are solemn but looks somewhat bright. Shu Ye Son’s then said to Zhu Shun, “listen to her” and seriously said: “So I do not have to come to a cage looking for you and asking you for it.”

Shu Ye Son saw her eyes that the child may have bowed a bit, he turned back to Zhu Shun and said with a smile: “This little slave is my friend, you can not bully her.

Zhu Shun in his oblique eyes looked at the child, he nodded and promised.

“Little girl, I am waiting for you to tell me the day of your name, before that you have to protect yourself.”

Jing Yuer nodded, Shu Ye Son showed a gentle smile, back to coldness driving his horse he left the crape myrtle square. Zhu Shun back to his arrogance, commanded the crowd to continue walk a long towards Zhuge household.

Zhuge residence occupies a very wide property and from the back door Zhu Shun will hand over Jing Yuer to the Zhuge two inside servants, he told a few words, looked at the cold Jing Yuer child then turned away.

A loud rumbling knock heard and opened the lock of the door. Jing Yuer star child was pushed into the room with her condition and injuries, she crawled in pain and the door has been shut and locked.

Its 4 pm, and it is somewhat dark outside, in a corner of the Chai(means tea) room are piles of large bundles of firewood, but a rat crawled and makes that rustle sound. The child did not panic or did shout, she just sat in the middle of the store room, took off her shoulder sack dress, with her teeth she bit, then forced to tear a piece of sack cloth. She carefully wrapped up her wounds and she wrapped it like she is a pro or like she has skill on it.

Same time and space moved on and went back to Chu Qiao’s time, enough to make a qualified agent to stabilize, with normal thinking and emotions to face anything, if you have to face the situation like this, is so incredible.

Back to time of Jing Yuer child, it is also for the country to commit suicide 11 deputy commander major Chu Qiao’s fate in many cases is incredible, an abyss does not necessarily hides death, perhaps, it will be another beginning of life.

Chu Qiao raised her hand and she saw the light outside, looking at her little palm, a trace of sadness slowly rose to her heart. But she did not know, in the end is it for her own sorrow, or for this poor child where she is like having vision of Jing Yuer child and in between the realm state of dreaming the ancient times of China she offered her hand to the helpless child.

“No one here, I can’t allow myself to be sad and scared, but I must be sure to keep the time to the shortest.” Chu Qiao as she breathe her last..

But time and space allowed Jing Yuer child to whisper slowly and echoed to the heavens, then tears slowly flowed across her thin little dusty face. She is holding her knee, her head down, her face buried in her arm, silent, but her chest and back is already trembling as she gasps some air, signs she may die at any moment, she went on coma and in a dream state she reached Chu Qiao hands. And then, the strangest thing happened and maybe a divine intervention have orchestrated it.

This is the moment in time where Chu Qiao woke up and came to the first night of the Great Summer dynasty, in the Zhuge Household. She feels cold at first because of weakness and fear, she succumbed into herself and shed tears. She gave herself an hour of time to curse the fate, to cherish the past, to worry about the future, and to adapt to the new life. An hour after the past, she is no longer 11 super commander Chu Qiao, but this is nothing of the young helpless little child slave, in this inhumane, bloodthirsty disorder of the harsh dynasty it is difficult to survive.

Meanwhile, Jing Yuer’s awakened fate pushed her to face life instead of death, and Jing Yuer’s renewed by Chu Qiao’s spirit told herself that she was going to climb out.

Her poor situation does not give her any chance of self-pity and pain, and if she does not cheer up, she may not live this night given her bruises and injuries.

She stretched out her dirty hands, picked up a small stick and wrote a word on the ground.

While she is writing, she slowly frowned, the outside is still dark, the sound of bamboo and wood came over, there are singing and laughters of dancing prostitutes . She silently recalled for a long time, and she finally wrote the last word: Yan.

Gongchoujiaocuo (means big party hall) Zhuge Hall among Yan Xun’s right eye, suddenly jump a bit. He frowned on his good-looking brow, slowly turned his head, toward the dark night but look deep and thoughts about the child lingered on..then he thought:

Night funeral, jungle flying, this turbid ugly dynasty, has been rotten from the inside.

The old is destined to be destroyed and the new order in ashes is renewed through rebirth.

afterthoughts – In the original novel, the highlights of the time travel of Chu Qiao was not detailed so I added some highlights into it to enhance the transition of Chu Qiao to Jing Yuer’s time as if the child was bestowed upon by the heavens by a great ability and mission to correct the injustice of her present time and it is only through Chu Qiao’s persona this is able to happen. There was not really an exchange of place but more of Jing Yuer realizes that she is Chu Qiao and followed her steps that lived in her mind and soul from that night she reached out Chu Qiao’s hand to accept her change of fate and destiny.

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Chapter 006 Blood Balance

The night is getting darker but the cold wind blows and cuts like a knife.

Even if her whole body wounds cracks in pain, Chu Qiao(Jing Yuer child) still forced herself to stand up, around the small chiming circle she is running occasionally stopped with both hands rubbing the skin to prevent freezing in the Chai(tea) room.

Yang Mei knocked the door three times and a meager voice was heard, the child stopped and surprised for a moment. She turned her head anticipating who the person knocking outside the door.

Even if the window is high it was slowly opened revealing a small head, the boy came with a bright eyes. He carefully jumped from the window into the Chai room, turned around to see the ground where Chu Qiao was. The boy was flashing himself and greeted Chu Qiao “Happy Huacai” (means gorgeous). Then the boy quickly put up his fingers to do a silence gesture.

As they were both silent, they heard the outside like a troops approaching, the boy ran up and outstretched his arms hugging Chu Qiao in his arms. Chu Qiao with the sound and trace of choking but firm comfort: “We are not afraid even if they are coming.”

Yang Mei is very thin, younger at age but an eighty-nine-year-old look, wearing a soil gray clothes very fit to his body. His body has not grown and he is only slightly higher than Chu Qiao head. There are contours on his face but reveals a trace of inexplicable tenacity. He clutched his arms tightly, constantly patting her back, comforting her over and over again then said: “Do not be afraid, they are just troops who came.”

Without warning, Chu Qiao’s eyes unexpectedly became teary-eyed, it seemed that his body with his spontaneous reaction was a pain for her and comforting at the same time. She was not able to control herself and her eyes started to drop some tears and could not help herself to stop it. The boy rough clothes then was wet.

The bright moonlight is projected from the tiny open windows and shone on the two children. Between heaven and earth is coldness, only their chests in between gave them little warmth. The boy’s little body is like a tough mountain in this cold night even if its somewhat afraid and gentle trembling she felt but still firmly holding his sister, strong as tighten in his arms.

“Sister, are you hungry?”

The boy released his hand and stretched out his fingers and carefully wipes the tears on the face of Chu Qiao then the boy pulled out a nice smile and he said with a pity in his voice: “What do you like your brother to bring you?”

The boy took out a small cloth both of them sat neatly open the cloth and sniffed a good smell of food, a drift out kind of food. He looked up and saw Chu Qiao still standing, Yang Mei puzzled and said: “will you sit down?”

Yang Mei brought her a thick porcelain bowl with the edge of the blue and white faded its color, The bowl is full of rice and above it piled some vegetables and leaves but the smell is so fragrant. The boy handed her a pair of chopsticks and stuffed into the hands of Chu Qiao then urged: “fast food, come on eat”.

Chu Qiao brushed her eyes and bowed her head to him she used the chopsticks to eat and put a mouthful on her mouth, her mouth is very salty as they were taste of tears and her throat is blocked and and then she slowly chew her food but sobbing…it was the first from last time descent meal she has ever had. Yang Mei looked at her eyes, Chu Qiao had a hard time to eat with her mouth so the boy had to gently open her mouth and seems to teach her how to eat then swallow. When she was able to eat well, the boy was seen happy through his narrow eyes.

As chopsticks fiddle in the bowl at its middle was meat, she picked out and she knows it was inserted by his brother Yang Mei, this is to preserve the heat of the pork in the middle of the rice bowl.

It looks thumb-like size piece of meat, half fat and lean meat in such a cold dark night, actually seemed so delicious and attractive.

A loud gurgling sound was heard coming from the boy, Chu Qiao looked up to the boy and she saw the boy embarrassed who rubbed his stomach. The boy said please don’t mind me he said: “I just finished eating, I am not hungry at all.”

With her chopsticks she handed over to Yang Mei, Chu Qiao said: “You eat it.”

The boy shook his head: “My young master is very kind to me and we ate a lot like braised carp, sweet and sour pork ribs, vinegar slippery ridge, white board duck, I just cannot tell all of it but there is a lot of food in the table, I even vomited but you, you have nothing to eat”

Chu Qiao pressed her concern to the boy: “I don’t really eat fat.”

The boy slightly stunned at the moment he looked at the eyes of Chu Qiao he shifted to the piece of pork she is offering, he cleared his throat a bit before reaching out to take Chu Qiao’s chopsticks. He carefully bite the fat part of the piece of meat and then he handed back the remaining lean meat to her. Oh there is that smile revealing his white teeth and said: “Tell me, now you can eat”

Her nose smelled its sourness as the pork was cooked in sweet and sour taste, Chu Qiao quickly bowed her head with tears almost dropping in her eyes but always endured not falling off.

For a long time, she slowly raised her head and displayed a painful smile to the boy, while chewing the piece of meat, Chu Qiao grinned.

“Is it delicious?” The boy’s eyes are bright like the bright stars of the sky.

Chu Qiao nodded, her voice is blocked and choked overwhelm with such kindness: “Brother, this is delicious I must say I have eaten the best meal in my life.

“Fool,” the boy stretched out his hand and touched her head. Looked slightly with a trace of desolate, said: “Did you not know that life is short?” We do not know what is in the future but when we were young you eat a lot of delicacies and now you cannot remember in the past, Now all I can say is you can be rest assured that the future one day, your fifth brother will let you eat warm dishes and will give you all the good things in this world like you are to eat not only this pork but also ginseng, Abalone, bird ‘s nest, shark’ s fin, everything. By that time, no one wants to bully us again, do you believe in your little brother?”

Chu Qiao was stunned for quite sometime as she is not really sure what this boy was talking about and looks like she knows her well, but then she nodded her head, bowed to the boy who told her about her past and that he claimed to be his fifth brother. She has eaten all the rice she pulled into her mouth, it taste bitter but it is so warm and Yang Mei said:

“Sister, do not be afraid.” And Yang Mei took off his coat and put it on to her shoulder with his tender voice but a firm word he said: “Fifth brother will protect you, I am here with you ,do not be afraid.”

Moonlight chill its light and shadow movement through the gap in the Chai (means tea) fire room, shakes out the large white that looks like such as frost in the moonlight, the two children tightly leaning on their small bodies but their warmth comforted each other that night.

Distant lights, feathers , silk and bamboo long play, wine and meat taste melodious overflowing, the ever true Huang Cheng finally came to the culmination of a grand dinner. Brilliant lights, no one remembered that in today’s hunting field on the lucky survivors of the girls, the cold wind whistling, the summer of flames fluttered flute and flies.

On the second day the boy woke up and left and on the ground he left a note for Chu Qiao to read a row of nice small characters: Brother come again tonight, under the firewood, is the steamed bread.

Chu Qiao clawed the corner of the dead branches and sees a piece of oil and paper wrapped in some of yellow buns. She held them, looking calm and her eyes were waking up.

So for three days, not minding the day, Yang Mei goes to the Chai fire room and eat with her every night to accompany her. On the second day he quietly left. The third day, the Zhuge servant went to the door and crash open it, Zhu Shun throw away a condescending look at the Chai fire room after three days finding out that the child was still alive. He wrinkled his brow more tight finally the fate of the girl will faces a new day.

Chu Qiao took the moment as she stood at the door and finally looked at the old house and then decided to go back and read her notes on the ground.

Zhu Shun, Zhuge, King, Mu, Jue, Zhao, Yan … …

The child slowly closed her eyes, raised her face, the sun shines on her forehead, turned out a bright aperture, golden light reminding the scenes the flying phoenix.

Zhu Shun said:“ At six, you can come back.”

As she moves forward towards the outside, she sees lots of dilapidated housing, everywhere a large group of children were carefully hiding in the branches after the corridor and glancing secretly at her. Chu Qiao went to a small courtyard as the steward has just left. Suddenly a large group of children swarmed and got a hold of her.

“Sixth sister, we thought you could not come back.”

“Sixth sister, woo … ..”

The children screamed and they burst into tears, Chu Qiao was shocked, for a time can only be stunned like a sifu of their group and she endured the small radish head tears and noses of the childrens.

“Well, do not cry.”

A male voice uttered firmly, all the children go back, he delightly shouted: “Troops!”

The boy came in from the outside holding a cloth bag, he run two steps and then stumbles crashing all and sprinkled the bag on the ground. It was actually a pocket of melon seeds. The children suddenly cheered, Qi Qi(Yang Mei) loose it but Chu Qiao, ran up towards him.

“Do not grab, everyone has.” The boy looks like an adult, when he said: “The child had just died, she was seriously injured so we do not quarrel her these days at her work,. Also we have to help her ”

All the children nodded again and again, a brush with two little pigtail girl raised a white tender face, smiling, said: “Troop, rest assured, we will help sixth sister.

Boy said: “sixth sister, do you still hurt? How did you get out of bed?

“Fifth brother, its all right.” The boy smiled and looked up, stretched out his sleeves, Chu Qiao saw the above purple whip marks, some places have opened the flesh, not completely healing well. Another child her name is Xiaoqi said with a smile: “I brought the drug is very easy to use, cast on his pain, a small amount to spread it on his wound as yesterday the horse was blown by the wind in his waist, I have to help him.

“Come on, you come in, I have something to tell you.” A little girl about seven years old suddenly came forward and pulled the boy’s hand.

The boy looked back at the eyes of Chu Qiao and said: “All of you children who are outside the in the wind, please come.

Shabby little room, a large kang (means a heated mat for sleeping), neatly placed above and more than 10 sets of bedding was docked in a row. She called the boy said: “fifth brother, what happened?

A youngster not more than 10 years old was inside the room who gathered them all as she squat her body she opened a dark kang hole, took out a small box and told them: “There are five days Jingjia( means civil justice) this year and will be off the door for the day. Do you want us to secretly prepared incense and paper money? We are all ready.

He nodded his head: “be careful, do not be stalled.”

“Well, rest assured, no one will come to our side. Did you know, the four young generals were around the day before yesterday so be to be careful, I also saw a dress who looks like four peaches of the fourth young master and in the room they killed two companions. The old master is not at home, so is young master is not at the house, their are more and more scruples in the Zhuge Huai household, the old master last month killed more than 20 little slaves, and we were bought together by the Du family and was really worrying that one day will turn to us.

After what she said, someone from the outside suddenly came and gave a sharp exclamation, Listen to a sharp voice she shouted: “Well, you cheap slaves not dare to steal things if you still value your life!!

Immediately frowned, the boy should run and go out but Ju Xiang had pulled him, she whispered: “Come from behind, I cannot let people see you here, fourth young master will kill you.

“I…..” and Ju Xiang was cut out.

“Come on and see this!” coldy said.

It’s such a simple house and there is even a back door, they paused pushing the door to go, then Ju Xiang grabbed Chu Qiao’s arm and coldly said: “Whatever happens do not come out.” then rshe ushed out.”

Screams and whips of sound heard, the fat steward woman throwing her arm became ferocious and cried: “Is this not the year of Jingjia ladies? How will you cover up your stow away plan now that I will send your sister in the flower hall to do bitch things while you are here to steal and become a thief, you are really a cheap nest of embryo she insulted the them.

“Aunt Song, we know we are wrong and we would no longer dare.” Ju Xiang said and she blocked her in front of other children. Aunt Song whip her face and bloodstains starts to flow, she knelt and pulled the woman’s skirt then loudly begged she said: “We would never dare.”

“I do not think you understand and you would never really dare after I whip you all children!”

Aunt Song hit the children with stray whips that marked on the children’s body, she pulled the two braids of the Ju Xiang who is already injured, a few more whips was brought to her to bear until her actually eyes dim fainted. The children suddenly cried out loud as the woman is playing more power tripping, shouting, and once again raised the whip high to hit them again.

Chu Qiao no trace of cry not a violent screams heard, Aunt Song looked down and saw a little girl lying on her clothes in front of her very thin body, eyes are very cold then a pair of dark hands clinged tightly at her own whip. The child looked gloomy and said: “Enough”.

Aunt Song went furious: “dead girl, you did not find death yet?

“Chu Qiao, quickly let go of her hand!” Ju Xiang kneeling up came to intervene and desperately pulled Chu Qiao ‘s clothes and said: “Aunt Song, please do not whip her anymore.”

Chu Qiao did not move but coldly looked at the woman and a cold voice she uttered: “Try to hit them again and you’ll regret this.”

Aunt Song raised her eyebrows and shouted: “I do not fight them, I’ll hit you!” She picked up the whip and raised her hand gathering all her strength and whip the star child. Chu Qiao slammed the whip and pulled the woman’s belt. The woman was out balanced and her foot was tripped, and her obese huge body fell to the ground!

Kill the pig said the children, Chu Qiao slowly walked in front of the woman, bent over and said: “I told you! Try and you will regret this!”

Aunt Song got up and cried: “You wait for me!” Turned out of the yard.

Ju Xiang worried about the incident that happened so fast, anxious with tears fall into her cheeks: “ladies and children, you messed up and created a disaster, how do I make it up now?”

“You look after them.” Chu Qiao firmly said, turned and followed the woman who went out.

When she went out, she had remembered the road that passed through the two corridors and saw that the woman was running on the stone bridge. She was fat, only to run a section of the road to breathe. Chu Qiao squatting in the bushes, looked around in a circle, to determine the security, picked up a stone, half squinting, focusing on the woman’s ankle she circled the stone in the air and sling shot the fat woman’s foot.

Snapped, the stone hit the Aunt Song in the ankle, the woman screamed in pain and at one foot she accidentally slipped and fell to the bridge!

It is almost winter season, so the lake was on the end of a thick layer of ice, she fell even on the ice part of the bridge and not on the lake, but the four-yang fork lying there and she was caught on it and cannot move.

Chu Qiao stood up from the bushes, slowly took the stone bridge, condescending looked at her, shouted: “Hey, should I call people to help you?

The woman who fell in the bridge said, “Good girl, go and help your aunt, ouch, it hurts me.”

Chu Qiao smiled as she bent down, picked up a huge stone then put it over her head. The woman saw it, suddenly shocked and cried: “You, what are you doing?

The woman was blaming her and Chu Qiao gently released her hand, the huge stone bang and hit the ice and the ice broken into pieces. The woman exclaimed, was the whole lake covered with cold ice, it only takes a few bubbles to drown and die..

Chu Qiao stood on the stone bridge, looking calm, eyes calm, and do not see any trace of silliness.

This is a world of people who want to eat, want to live, but you only want to be the first to eat and like a greedy beast you swallow everything and do not want other people to live.

And then not the slightest nostalgia, she turned her back to go. She stepped into the yard and the children came together, everyone was hurt their tears are whirling. Chu Qiao stretched out her hand clinging to the front just to wake up the small child seven years old. She took a deep breath and whispered: “Do not be afraid, its all right now.”

The Zhuge household lowest slaves is in the yard they live in where the pigs and dogs live, generally these little slaves are the lowest of lowest who cannot help but just burst into tears.

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Chapter 007 Is going to stay

At the time of supper, the children of Jing Jia(means family) were called out of the steward of the maids, small seventh sister and Ju Xiang was wounded they were all called together, Chu Qiao with hurt her waist has been sleeping in the small room and was left in the room until they finish supper and children were tired to come back. After dinner, the children are ready to climb to the bed to sleep, Ju Xiang squatting on the ground to the fire the kang with its firewood. With scars on her face red and swollen she looked like a vicous snake.

The room is very quiet, you can hear the sounds of sleeping children then Chu Qiao borrowed Ju Xiang clothes and climbed up to bed and softly said to Ju Xiang: “If your face is not dealt with, it will be scarred and permanent.

While Ju Xiang was working with the kang’s hole to keep up the fire as a heater her little face was noticeably becoming thin and her eyes went black and big, she looked up and said: “Chu Qiao, slaves are not allowed to be treated and obtain medication, the last time the small seventh sister secretly used it eversince then we did not use the medicine because we don’t know what are the risks and if its checked out, we will be dead and it will add injury to my face.

When they were talking the kang of small seventh sister suddenly came to a burst of ringing. The two turned away to look and found small seventh sister sleeping kicked the quilt. Ju Xiang quickly ran up to cover the small seventh sister and wiped the sweat on the her forehead. Ju Xiang continued to return to the kang hole to balance the fire.

Chu Qiao looked at Ju Xiang, her lips moved but did not say anything. This child is only ten years old, the shoulder she has to bear is such a heavy burden. Inside this room are children with their oldest ten years old, the youngest is only five or six years old, this wealthy Zhuge Household have so many five or six years old. What do this children do?

“Ju Xiang,” Chu Qiao under her kang, sitting next to the Ju Xiang, softly said: “You have been to the south?”

“Jiangnan?” Ju Xiang frowned, turned to Chu Qiao and asked: “Jiangnan, where is that place?”

“Do you know Huang Shan, or do you know where the Yangtze is?”

Ju Xiang shook her head and said: “I know that from Hong Chuan, in the West is the Red Hills Courtyard where under there is a red river, child sister why do you ask this?

Chu Qiao look cold and think of it quietly, she shook her head and said: “Nothing, I casually ask and who is the emperor today, do you know?

“The emperor is the emperor, how can we call the name of the emperor, but I know that the those wearing black hood princes who are often hanging out or visiting our house is the seventh son of the emperor, called Zhao Che, and the thirteenth son the youngest king little princes of our dynasty.”

A cold with a mocking face suddenly flash into her mind, Chu Qiao slightly narrowed her eyes, and repeated: “Zhao..” and Ju Xiang cut her out.

“What happened to you, you came back so strange, are you in the right position to say anything with Aunt Song , how could she so let go of the matter today?

Chu Qiao turned around, faint smile and said: “I have nothing to worry about. That Aunt Song fell into the ice lake and was drowned, I watched her die, so Aunt Song can’t come to us and do not go out to tell to anyone.

“Dead?” Ju Xiang shocked as she shouted at the child.

Chu Qiao put a cover over her mouth, looked around and saw the children of Jingjia did not wake up, and coldly said: “I know this matter and I know you know it, so do not say anything more as her heart is poisonous, she died period and do not bother.”

“No, you did not killed her, she fell accidentally into the lake? Aunt Song’s son is the former Court of the Consulate, if we mess with her we cannot avoid any trouble” she said.

Chu Qiao had that wicked smile as she loathes Aunt Song in her heart because of the cruel actions she did to the children and she remembers the insult and curse of cheap nest embryo Aunt Song told them. She pointed to Ju Xiang’s chest and said: “Do you think I can kill her? Well, do not think about it, she did bad things, even if no one killed her God will be looking for someone who will. Let’s get some rest?

Ju Xiang quickly shook her head: “No, I have to fan the fire.”

“I’ll be fine, I’m not hurt, you can be lazy tomorrow, you go.” Chu Qiao said.

Chu Qiao quietly sitting on a small bench, from time to time she is looking to the kang hole and filling in a piece of wood, firewood crackling burning, Chu Qiao’s face turned red. She looked up, looked at the children of this room, her heart turned sour. Unfortunately, what she can do? She came inexplicable and mysterious to this unknown dynasty, but also trapped in the small child body, her martial arts all lost and also such a low identity, she is still busy taking care of herself and she is already thinking and talking about saving others? What do you do if you only eat a good meal when someone gives you out of their delivery of their kindness, then she thought she must immediately leave.

Chu Qiao slowly close your eyes, she said quietly to herself, man doing things must be able to do so, and now she is not so back up with burden anymore but of her strength.

Now its almost twilight, Chu Qiao slowly went out of the door.

Rooster cocks and it mark their dawn, the weather is getting clear, Jingjia children got up on time, put on the servants clothes and began to prepare for the day’s work. Chu Qiao watched them smiling away and some are sad.

Chu Qiao went out just to steal so she can eat, she looked at the small eighth sister still lying in bed unconscious she decided to turn away.

Although the vigorous skill has disappeared, but the sober mind is still. Chu Qiao although not as 003 action 9 super agents, but whatever the outcome is also subject to professional training of national soldiers. In Zhuge household it covers an area, although the some of it are public. But for a short stature less than eight years old but has a strong logical analysis and space sense of people she is still like an undefeated playground.

Not half an hour, she quietly went out of the military hall, came to see the former Court, the alert is relatively stiff and high, with the knife in the nursing home everywhere. Zhuge household is different from the ordinary family of Han household, just look at Zhuge Huai and other royal brother fraternity. Chu Qiao straighten her back, a small body like a small tree, straighten her clothes, looked up and went.

The nursing home person frowned, looked up and down a little Chu Qiao and said: ” this is an illegal channel, when the old man change his preferences and he began to prefer this girl and so you do not grow.” The man was puzzled: “Who let you go? Do you know where is the old man ‘s house?”

“I have an address,” the child turned his own small baggage, took out a white paper, white and tender little hand gestures, murmured: “From the house to go out to the third intersection, turn left, in front of the floating retaurant with fragrant discotheque … ”

The child replied honestly: “Aunt Song told me that she had to take me here but then she fell from the stone bridge accidentally, her head smashed the ice, I looked at her where she sank, I guess I’m afraid I cannot take it.

“What?” The nursing home person suddenly shouted, the man was shocked, grabbed Chu Qiao’s shoulder, shouted: “You said who fell from the stone bridge?

“Aunt Song, the main business backstage steward.”

Snapped loudly, he put in his trousers and waved with the child’s face and cursed: “You little bastard, why did you not say it right away? Come with me, we need to save her!

Chu Qiao was slapped and knocked to the ground, her ears buzzing, watching everyone rushed away in a mess, the child slightly pulled his mouth, with a trace of indifferent sneer.

This slap, she will remember.

Quickly she stood up, picked up the burden of her hands, and did not head to the door instead she went in another door and saw… Three high gold inlaid gold door, both sides entrenched with a mighty stone lions, Zhu (means wish) paint eye, strange trace of blowing evil spirits, Zhuge household had three glittering characters engraved on the house above, resplendent, and the concept of bedazzle.

Chu Qiao march with a short step, struggling across the threshold, a foot outside the door there is a door stand, shining sun shines on the body and the air is so fresh coming inside the door. From what she saw, life will be another starting point, she reflected she received humiliation through the blood and tears, she will always remember. She will slowly find the benefit of the survival of the sweet revenge then quietly waiting to have the power to fight back that day.

The child pursed his lips, took a deep breath, lifted his back foot, she should get out of this rotten cage.

At this time, soon as the familiar harsh screams, sounds mournful, pierced the sky.

Chu Qiao whole body startled, suddenly she rushed back to go out!

afterthoughts – Just curious what is a slave kang beds looks like in ancient china.

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Chapter 008 Blood splash door

The violent screams came from the courtyard from the right, and the woman was frightened she cried she was beaten to the board up and down and to her flesh and blood is a horrible sight. The whole Zhuge household mansion and after the servants eyesight are waiting to see who will enjoy this award.

The crowd gradually gathered, Chu Qiao standing in front of the house, only one step and you cannot escape this cannibal garden, but those screams continue to impact on her ear drum, the child’s brow wrinkled tight, and finally recovered a small step, turned quickly toward the right and ran.

Fate in a lot of time will give people a choice of opportunities, one step difference, often will change a lot of things.

Zhuge Yue is wearing a light Green JinYinhua (means honeysuckle herbs and cold) costumes, skirts embroidered with a blossoming green lotus, ink hair loose in the shoulder, his face white like jade, eyes dark as ink, lips have a trace of unusual red. Although only 13-year-old of age, but it looks maleficent and indulgent. His side is lying on the red sandalwood, painted soft chairs and an elbow support to hold the back of the head, both sides of the handsome male maids holding a good incense squatting on his side, from time to time for him to pull a bian (边 means to change) from thousands of miles to pick fresh lychees.

In front of him about twenty steps, wearing a servant clothes children have been playing when an accident happened and the child got an open wound looks weak and called in for help. A six-year-old child slapped the injured child, and now that child was constantly doing the kowtow(act of kneeling and bowing down low for deep respect) for mercy, the forehead has been broken skin, blood cross-flow, spread the child’s eyes with clear tears.

The sun gradually rising, the real city is located in the Red Chuan plateau, although it is the winter, the sun is still fierce. Zhuge Yue looked up, brow Qingqi (means girls beautiful eyes like an autumn waters), slightly narrowed his eyes, both sides of the maidservants suddenly stopped as he caught them playing umbrella then covered in Zhuge Yue’s head. Zhuge Yue got bored, he sat in a straight body and facing the two sides of the attendants waved his hand leaning on the back of the chair.

Two Kong Wu (means business or military marshals) and powerful Dan respectfully approached, one after another servants raised the Zhuge Yue soft chair and went to the right side of the door.

Kneeling on the ground kowtow girl meet and called Zhuge Yue in panic, she walked a few steps to pull Zhuge Yue clothes, crying said: “fourth young master, seeking you if you put it down, he will die!

Zhuge Yue his eyebrows raised and his eyes slightly under the glance to the girl in black and look at the stained small hands.

The child just feel irresistibly cold that brushed her head when she saw Zhuge Yue pair of white boots, there are five bloodstains fingerprints, looks like a different kind of eye-catching dazzling.

The child was shocked, tongue-tied at the same time and panicked with her sleeves wiping hard Zhuge Yue boots, crying: “I’m sorry fourth young master, I am small seven years old, will immediately clean it for you.”

Bang bang, Zhuge Yue kick the child kicked to the ground on both sides of the maid suddenly kneel forward and his dirty boots they took off. Zhuge Yue looked disgusted at the child, the voice was low, said lightly: “Cut one of hand down.”

The child suddenly forgot to cry as she was stunned sitting on the ground, like a tiger’s guards quickly rushed forward, waist long knife out of the sheath, saw a bloodline suddenly in sky like white thin hands, was cut off to the ground!

Chu Qiao coldly standing at the door, like a statue of stone cast, rush the pace of life, her eyes wide open, tightly covered her mouth and cannot move from where she stood.

“Fourth young master, this child is angry.”

Zhuge Yue lightly swept the little hand of the small child, stretched out the slender fingers rubbed the temple of the child, said lightly: “throw into the mountain after the lake to feed the fish.

“Yes.”

The servants raised sturdy Zhuge Yue’s soft chair, slowly forward, after all the people hurried and kneel, even the head did not dare to lift.

“Slowly,” they carried his soft chair in front of Zhuge Yue household mansion then he said softly: slightly turned around, standing in front of the courtyard Zhuge Yue eyes staring at Chu Qiao and Chu Qiao look back at him where their eyes locked for a moment. Tensed and nervous, coldly said: “You, slave of the yard, did you not see me kneel?

Chu Qiao inhaled and looked calm, tightly bite her crimson lips, filled with fright and was not able to swallow. She dropped her knees on the ground, her eyes straight looking at the brick floor and was able to hide the child’s panic tone and said: “the children is in the backyard doing the chores, please fourth young master forgive me, I have no knowledge you would passby, this is my first time to see the fouth young master, but at the back of her mind Chu Qiao also thought she saw the real gods today.

Zhuge Yue gently smile, see the child of Zhuge Huai cute at age and small, talking between the mouth is not too clever, the Zhuge Yue smiled and said: “a good little girl, how old are you, what is your the name?

“Back to fourth young master, I am seven years old, I came from the family of Jing.”

“So,” Zhuge Yue said, “Then you change the name followed by me and from now on call her star child.”

Zhuge Yue painted a sweet smile as if he innocently flirted for the first time and he is doing it to Chu Qiao, the servants raised his chair, turned the corridor until Chu Qiao could no longer see the fourth young master’s trace.

Lively finish but again, there is a dead body of little slaves, Zhuge Huai household has always surprised the people and no longer have a long time to disperse. A few cleaning servant lifted the child’s little body, with a sack of a bag, dragged on the ground, toward the direction of the backyard away from the Jile pavilion.

The child is still very small, whole body of flesh and blood have been broken, blood flow through the sacks and sticky in the brick on the ground was pulled pool of bloodstains. Chu Qiao still kneel on the ground but is aware of the ups and downs at her back, her teeth tightly bite her lower lip, eyes straight with her two little fist tightly twitching, she looked at the sack from her eyes who is slowly towed. Harsh blood spread to the ground, covered with dirty dust then a large tear in her eyes, she spinned her eyeballs to snap it before it fell on the brick tile.

“Do not be afraid of it, her fifth brother came.”

And it flashed on Chu Qiao’s mind on what he said: “We have something very delicious to eat tonight, the fourth young master ordered to prepare good food like braised carp, sweet and sour pork ribs, vinegar, skirt, white board duck, a lot of food, every time I eat after sometime I vomit.

Yang Mei repeated what he said before as if she knows what is in Chu Qiao’s mind and said: “Do not forget what I told you, rest assured that in the future one day, your fifth brother to let you eat warm dishes and give you all the good things in this world, you will have it. Not only pork, there are ginseng, abalone, bird’s nest, shark’s fin,. When that time comes, who would want to bully us? Do you believe in your fifth brother? ”

“I will stay with you, do not be afraid.”

Filled with grief and hatred like the tides of the sea generally surging on, but she knew that she could not cry and cannot show at this time even a little bit of resentment. She wiped his face with her bare hands and she quickly stood up. She saw in the empty patio the seven years old child next to her broken hand had been unconscious in the past, broken wrist blood like cross-flow but everyone ignored.

Chu Qiao quickly tore her clothes, hold the acupuncture points as if she knew it all. She quickly applied first aid while the child stared blankly and numb at herself and somewhat still in shock.

Chu Qiao wrapped it to stop bleeding. She did everything to console the seven year old child she told her to bite her other hand while she carried her towards the backyard to reduce her pain.

Just out of the courtyard, a cold voice suddenly sounded: “Stop! Who are you and why would you like her to carry away?

Chu Qiao looked up and saw it was the person who draw the whip on their cage three days ago. Its Zhu Shun, she frowned and calmly said: “fourth young master did not say to kill her.”

“Zhu Shun did not say to carry her away!” Zhu Shun’s cold eyes was looking at Chu Qiao, I do not know why, the day in the nine Avenue are on the scene that always appears in the dream, the child was playing after the tone of her own name. The picture is , it always let her sit hard, he also felt very ridiculous and would be afraid of such young identity of the low slaves and in the heart there is always a voice that constantly reminds me of her knowledge of this number of the eyes of people. If you do not get rid of this child as soon as possible, sooner or later will become confused.

“Boasted the speculation of his master’s mind he simply do not know the meaning of life and death came to these two little. He concluded: clouds of unknown had small win to me!”

Two Jian Ding (堅定 means firm and resolute) servants came forward to pull Chu Qiao’s arm, Chu Qiao hurried to hide, she pulled close to her the seven year old child but unluckily the blood gushed out again when she just stopped with the acupuncture pressure she aided her. If the blood continues to flow, the child might profuse and lose more blood then die.

“Do not dare to come! The fourth young master is just around, do you still want your life?” Chu Qiao attempted to frigthen the servants approaching.

Zhu Shun sneered and said: “have you not forgotten the feathers, it has been in the arrows, tomorrow, early morning fourth young master cannot remember you personally or what you said, and do not dare to scare me to teach you both hard lesson! ”

Chu Qiao raised her brow, carrying the seven year old, suddenly , her eyes are sharp and frowned towards Zhu Shun, like a small leopard she leaped so fast and ran, then left him.

At this time, a voice suddenly burst in Zhu Shun behind. A youngster with a long body of Yuli (means slender and elegant) in his dark green python robe was at the back of the crowd standing in the courtyard before the wall. He is followed by four soldiers led by a 13-year-old but looking uncomfortable said: “Zhu Shun the housekeeper, I think you are talking to the wind? I think you are really free to roam around and talk to yourself like you are chasing somebody?

Zhu Shun, hurriedly went back and like the legs of a dog he generally bent down to the crotch of his waist, nodded and said: “Yan Shi Zi, it is the next person who does not listen to discipline, so Yan Shi Zi laughed at him.

Yan Shi Zi added: “In the end is your discipline really important or my family is more important? Zhu Shun, I see you are faint head and courageous but you were swallowed by the sun and the moon.

Zhu Shun was shocked, Zhuge Huai’s soldier picks his head and knocks on the ground, he quickly said: “do not dare the small or little ones, it is wrong.”

“Do you know it is a wrong thing?”

Zhu Shun heard the words, suddenly stood up, as fiercely toward the Zhuge Huai’s soldier and ran, Zhuge household always have people who quickly retreat to one side, one of the careful said: “Please Yan Shi Zi into the flower hall waiting.

Jin Pao (means immerse) young boy nodded his head, slowly turned around, a pair of eyes dark as ink and was looking at the former court shifted his eyes to see Chu Qiao with a slight squint. He seems he is determined to come straight forward to Chu Qiao.

Chu Qiao’s eyes were quiet, carefully took two steps backward. Yan Xun saw her back and stood on his body, he is waiting for a long while and when he was about to see her, inside his tailored diagonal clothes, he took out something in out of his pocket and pulled out a white porcelain bottle, engraved with blue grass pattern, it is very delicate, the young master handed it over to Chu Qiao and she slightly nodded indicating that she would like to accept the offer.

However, Chu Qiao looked up and down when she met Yan Xun again for the second time after the day off scene once again she went back to her past, making her sanity somewhat erratic, she became cautious and actually did not come forward.

Yan Xun surprised a moment, he showed her a faint smile as he bent down the porcelain thin bottle gently on the ground, turned and walked into the flower hall with his followers.

“Uh … ..” a slight groaning sound behind her back, seven year old child stumbled to see Chu Qiao’s face, the sound of mosquitoes with unspeakable fear the seven year old child cried and said: … seven year old child … seven year old child is going to bleed to death?

Chu Qiao in a squat body posture took the porcelain bottle tightly in her hand, a small body stretched very tight her eyes looked toward the Zhuge household mansion she looked slowly but firmly said: “seven year old child, seven year old sister told you that today you will not die, no matter what happens.

afterthougths- This is the first time Zhuge Yue comes into picture. And looking at his character he is cold and distant and it takes layers and levels of servants, little slaves before you can reach or approach him in the closest distance possible. He is somewhat serious and values honor and his presence if not respected he ordered to cut one hand of the child who mistakenly came to him without any honor or regard of his place. In his presence, there is no room for mistakes. Before the child was decapitated in his presence he slightly touched the temple of the child, bestowing his mercy and grace not to take the child’s life as it was a mistake but leave her a lesson permanently. His eyes also may have shown compassion but he has to show he is firm and do not have a soft spot. But in this case by not showing his soft spot, he already made it known in public. Later on, we can see he met Chu Qiao for the first time and it is not customary for the lords or royals to look for the slaves or even blink on them but in her case Zhuge Yue locked their eyes together and immediately gave her a name. Usually in Chinese culture giving a nickname would mean you are the favorite, close or very dear to them. It is a sign of endearment and adminiration for the person. In this case, even if Zhuge Yue did not say he likes her, he already gave her the name “star child”. Would this be the starting point where Zhuge Yue started to melt his cold heart for Chu Qiao? Maybe? Then, Chu Qiao also took the seven year old child and consoled her where Yan Xun also saved her the second time when Zhu Shun saw her chasing Chu Qiao. Yan Xun is really kind and consistent towards Chu Qiao but somehow Chu Qiao becomes unstable with her sanity if she looks back to her past looking at the Yan Xun who put an end to her, a child’s mind will have a hard time to understand. Yan Xun understood Chu Qiao’s behavior towards him and so he acted as if is disguised and overlooked Chu Qiao’s rudeness when he offered the porcelain bottle for the child she was carrying at her back.

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Chapter 009 Jingjia Daughter

Chu Qiao carrying the seven year old child back to the backyard, she quickly made the child lie down into their room and cleaned her injury by dressing the wound. She applied Yan Xun’s medicine and it is very easy to use, not only that is very effective to stop the bleeding but has also little sleep-inducing powder and the poor seven year old child fell asleep.

An eight year old child barely did not get out of her bed and looks sick. Then, she suddenly waked up but no spoken word heard from her. Chu Qiao looked at her coldly as she was busy outside boiling water to take care of seven year old child like a fool.

It is getting late in the afternoon, Chu Qiao still doing self care to her injuries and wounds she rubbed the amount of sweat in the wound and pain was stimulated but now it was tolerable unlike yesterday. This is her method of measuring on how far she’s improving on her health condition and if her body is also self-healing. She leaned against the wall, listening to the seven years old sleeping with a slight pain in her heart as if someone squeezed it. She then decided to go out, making some ice stone throwing in the thin ice and snow as it is almost winter season. Chu Qiao closed her eyes and her face again echoing her mind and reminisced that Qing Jun (means feeling handsome) face and smile of a pure boy who whispered that they will protect their own boys but she witnessed in near the cannibal garden of Zhuge household where that boy was beaten to death and can no longer identify the head and face of the boy.

A line of tears from her closed eyes slowly shed, spreads over her sharp chin and drops in her coarse fabric shoes.

Suddenly a distressed voice was heard through the door. Chu Qiao was surprised to open the door and saw a twelve-year-old girl named Zhang standing in the yard whom she met Chu Qiao with ropes in her hand she walks a few steps towards her. Zhang was crying like a river and she said “The Jingjia children and Ju Xiang are taken by the people who were sent by Zhu Shun‘s housekeeper at Zhuge Huai’s Jile Pavilion.

Chu Qiao heard it and smirk, then Chen Sheng said: “Taken? When did it happened and what is the matter?

“Just this early morning, I ask Yang Mei to go find them and plead with the fourth young master but he has been with the fourth young master whole day and no news, how do we find him?

“Is there anything to say?”

The girl wiped the tears and cried again and said, “Yes, Yang Mei is sent to the foreign old house of Zhuge household.

“What?” Chu Qiao exclaimed, the girl’s words like a thunder hit her head. Chu Qiao said: These days if a child was to listen to that kind of animal-like rumors, tornado sweeps in my mind. Zhang’s face suddenly turned white, out of her fear to Chu Qiao’s frame of mind.

Chen Sheng the almost seven year old child, standing at the door, heard silly seven years old came forward, pulling Chu Qiao’s clothes, the sound of a small but like an injured little beast, came over and asked: “Sister, is Ju Xiang and Xiaoqi with them? Where are they? ”

Chu Qiao did not paid any attention to it, she turned and went away.

“Girl!” Girl come back Zhang called her but Chu Qiao was determined not to look back, an ominous premonition quickly entrenched her heart, she did not know if its not too late or did not know there if there is still a chance to save those children and also find Yang Mei. She can only do her best to quickly move forward and the moment did not dare to stop her.

After the Aoyama (means Castle peak) courtyard are stables, back garden and then in front is leading up to the Court of the five corridors, then, a burst of rapid footsteps was hear and Chu Qiao cautiously stopped to move forward.

“Yue’r (means moon) child?” Little voice sounded behind, Chu Qiao surprised a moment, looked at her back to see who is behind her and she saw Chen Sheng wearing a large blouse, looking pathetic standing behind her and funny as she is, she did not wear any shoes and looks blank then asked Chu Qiao: “where is the Ju Xiang and her sister (Xiaoqi)?”

Chu Qiao pull Chen Sheng and turned to squat on the side of the flowers big pots. Is is already winter and flowers have long been dying, but fortunately at night, this light sparse, if careful in hiding in, it will be difficult to be found.

Footsteps getting closer, there are four people pushing a cart together. A person is pushing and three people holds its side. Chu Qiao got to this road remotely when there were less people cleaning around through, she took the six year old child Chen Sheng squatting in the behind the flower pots and doing the silence gesture, they patiently and quietly waited for these people to leave.

Several people found out Chu Qiao, two people suddenly stopped in front of Chen Sheng obviously very afraid, her body is somewhat trembling, and tightly grasping Chu Qiao’s clothes, she did not dare to move. One of the man said in a loud voice: “brother have a few minutes break, go for a long walk, whatever the outcome, let me smoke.”

The other people laughed then said: “old Liu addicted to smoke.” Then he was laughing and laughing while smoking.

Chu Qiao heart was anxious but she is frowning. As the cold wind blown, Chen Sheng thin clothes is shaking more and more. Suddenly, the north wind blows up bigtime and brushed over the mats of the cart, straw like thrown in the air, dead bodies fell to the ground, the yellow grass mat with streaks of dark red color are actually full of dark red blood.

Chu Qiao and Chen Sheng went together to look at the cart, suddenly a lightning from the sky stroked the ground. Chu Qiao’s hand tightly covered the mouth of a Chen Sheng as she might startle and squeak from lighting’s surprise.

The moon through the clouds are pale moonlight and was projected down to the dead bodies on the ground. Chu Qiao saw a little trolley in layers are stacked full of small bodies of children, like a bunch of no life cabbage radish. Ju Xiang that thin little body naked was above the bruising one, her eyes wide open, her eyes full of dark blood clots and her lower body was a mess. Ju Xiang’s hands are still tied with his knees, strange pose, the most humiliating way was what’s on top of it.

Chu Qiao tightly covered the mouth of six year old child, the other hand tightly holding her, but this child seems crazy she desperately wants to push her out, big drops of hot tears fall down to hit Chu Qiao’s arm, the teeth are not that bitter she bit her down and blood starts to flow, along Chu Qiao white wrist slowly shed dripping in the dark soil. The moonlight passes through the sparse flowers, trees and to the two children as its light mottled, bleak as frost.

She does not know how long the cart slowly went away and was surrounded by a silence. Chu Qiao slowly released her hand and the six year old child’s wrist peeled like an orange, a hideous horror of sight. Chen Sheng seems to have been silly and as she is cold in-shock and cannot speak. Chu Qiao raised her hand to shut the child’s face as Chen Sheng hoarse voice, started to cry and carefully warned her.

Cold wind desolately, dead wood whirling, Wan Lai quiet night, before the Court House of the sound of bamboo and wood, as if slowly came from another world.

The child has red eyes and were rummaging around, seems to be looking for something then suddenly grabbed a stone from the flowers and stood up to rush out. Chu Qiao’s quick hand and eyes was the first one to seize the child and she snapped the child in her arms.

“Kill them! Kill them!” The child could not help but to hiss, her little face full of crazy hatred and despair mixed tears in her cheeks and almost collapsed.

Chu Qiao’s heart feels like pierced by countless blades, tightly holding arms of these crazy children and her tears finally let go.

These beasts even if they are dead, ten lives are not enough to wash away their heinous crimes to the innocent mortal souls.

From this moment in time, Chu Qiao never felt so much hate, never felt like the urge to kill, unforgiving hatred for these ruthless and cruel lords. The children was taught of an exigent hate towards this evil world, hate their own weakness, being powerless and finally hated themselves that they can only do what they can’t do. Chu Qiao almost collapse to the ground, stormed out of her heart and lungs as if now, if a machine gun is available, she will not hesitate and rush to its former household and will never repent if she counts all of the involve dead.

So unfortunate, Chu Qiao did not have any of her previous life. When past time travel opened its door and she entered its fate, she has no money, no power, no position, no background, no black belter martial arts skill, no sophisticated weapons as she is just trapped in the small body of this tough child, the ghosts of her future cannot defend her despite her advanced knowledge beyond thousands of years. At this time, what she can do is to squat in the flowers carefully hidden, she is not even allowed to feel the last touch of her bold courage as it rots on her soul.

Then slowly Chu Qiao turned her chin up to the night sky. She saw the cold moonlight shone on her face above and swear secretly to herself, for once, she will no longer have nothing to do on herself, that even if she is alive today she is dead this night and therefore they never can kill her so she could defend others. Her old self is past and her future is this Yue’r (means) moon child with no more preservation left.

The cold moon, the huge Zhuge household, two weak low slaves squatting in the back garden of the flowers, like two cringing puppies, tightly leaning together, heart churning, but is enough to destroy the world of evil.

Back to their room at the backyard it was already late at night, at the courtyard, she found that the gates were opened. Chu Qiao’s heart back to its normal state let go of the six year old hands , Chen Sheng stepped, ran and saw the room was a mess, kang on the mattress full of blood, the ground revealed adult footprints, but the seven-year-old child is of no trace nor its shadow.

“Come out, we are back!”

Before the girl came out from the corner of the firewood, she drilled out, Chu Qiao hastily approached and pulled her, Chen Sheng asked: “seven-year-old child where is she?”

The girl cried and said: “Zhu Shun’s steward together with other people broke her hand and said she cannot work later, the Zhu Shun’s steward greeted her and they said to throw the seven years old child into the Jile pavilion lake and feed the crocodile.

Chu Qiao eyes went darker, almost fainted, her heart almost impossible to load between the moment, where is she has no sense of the present time anymore, she clutched the girl’s skirt tightly, hoarse voice she asked: “how long, how she has been gone?”

“About an hour”

Chu Qiao turned her head to look at the door where Chen Sheng was. The child flushed with her eyes and looked up at her. The eyes of the two welled on tears but no one cried out loud.

“I have to go back the girl said, you should be careful too. The before she left Chu Qiao told her: at their dressing room, I heard Zhu housekeeper said he was deliberately against you, did you do anything to offend him?”

The room is in silence, the wide yard looks empty and pale white where two children quietly standing without a word in the longest night of their life.

Three more knocks was heard, with Jingjia children gone, the two children was already smart to guess Zhu Shun’s move, they decided not to take anything but each other and quietly headed through the bluestone forest, then passed by Zhuge Huai household somewhat near the pavilion lake. Cold winds dazed, bamboo swaying and the pathway became like a maze, found Tinghu (means west) like a dead end but they looked more peaceful in this place. Tonight is like a never-ending run and the two children maybe safe but felt it like no difference.

Chu Qiao kneeling on a high slope, on the other side the six year old child said: “Chen Sheng kneel down, let’s bow our heads and pay our respect to our departed brother and sisters.

Chen Sheng less than seven years old and her innocence debuted to violence, at an early age she lost her childhood life. She quietly knelt beside Chu Qiao, toward the direction of the Jile Pavilion Lake bowed their heads three times and one day vowed to destroy this place.

“Do you hate this place?”

The six year old child nodded her head, Chu Qiao voice was calm, then a touch of light in her eyes she continued: “Then do you want to leave?

The child Chen Sheng said: “I am thinking.”

Chu Qiao closed her eyes, her ears pick up the sound waves but on slightest fluctuations there was no distractions heard. She slightly opened her narrowed eyes, brow gently wrinkled and turned to her sister slowly said: “sisters and brother will promise you, we will come back and will take you away. Right now we have something to do, and after everything is done, we will leave here.

The child quietly nodded, bowed her head in the ground one more time and a word of sound Chen Sheng said: “Ju Xiang sister, you always ask God to bless the Buddha, but I do not know if God may have been blind this night, you take my brother and sister we will walk and leave now and wait and see for me and Yue’r (moon) sister to avenge you all one day.

Cold wind raging, dark night, high fields and forests on the slope, the two little mortals rely on each other tightly hold their hands.

afterthoughts – Jingjia kids really suffered a lot in the hands of Zhue Huai household. I am not sure if Yang Mei survived after or on his way to his master Zhuge Yue’s household where he is really serving his young master. As we can read, Yang Mei sneaks in to feed Chu Qiao and the provision came from Zhuge Yue’s household and it was her only string of hope she hold on to survive her horrible condition brought from the hunting game. The cunning Zhu Shun’s was all against Chu Qiao and maybe find out that Yang Mei who helped her and killed him along the way. Chu Qiao also started to take care of others when she saw this seven years old but were helpless to help the kid as they took her before she can even rescue her. I have thought that Zhuge Yue household always have a grip of all things even if they do not directly interact with their daily routines. Towards the end of the chapter we can read that the two little children casting their eulogy and vowed to come back and take them away. In Chinese funeral tradition, living until 80 years of age is considered a celebration of longevity not really to mourn. In this case, the children died untimely and their family were not able to mourn for their loved ones and were not able to hold proper burial rites like offering incense candle sticks and some fruits, coins, burn money papers for their safe journey. One thing they did was to bow their heads and pray for their safe departure at the place where their brother and sisters life ended and maybe in time these two can go back to the place where they died carry their bones and leave the unfortunate place and put them at the proper resting place.

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Chapter 010 Has just begun

In December, the West is still in discreet chaos, Chishui (吃水 means opening and red or scarlet) wind, Sirius( 天狼星 means bridge between heaven and hell )chill, Daikin (means cold air) pavement.

Within twenty days, the turmoil intensified, tens of thousands of people still involved in the war. Shangxian (means wind) County, a special geographical location, located in the Western fife (means high-pitched transverse flute used commonly in military and marching musical groups) The Batuja (means favored) family and Yanbei is between the jurisdiction of the Emperor. The peace of the two sides compete for the chaos of the calamity year through bypassing each other although the real Huangdi are under the jurisdiction of Batuja family and Yan Wang Qi sent elite troops but it is only assumed on paper snow-like documents. The victims of the riots did not repose but rather intensified, emergency paper snow-like letter sent to the Royal Park to request that the Huangdi Ministry troops should be suppressed.

On December 27th, breaking the military stars (Huangdi) would become Zhaoming (means guidepost or light) Hermitage (means hideaway), Qin Temple wishes to clear as this will be bloody, implied to be decisive as blood dipped to the ice waters as broken military stars(Huangdi) was fierce in their battles.

Seven on and off arguments was discussed within the night and decided to send to Huangtian (means above, might, heaven) Department to Shang Shen ( side notes: some sources relates Shang with Shang dynasty ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Zhou dynasty) to alleviate the northwest chaos.

After its release, it was presented to the Golden Palace and the Emperor read the paper-snow like documents, actioned it by stamping its seal re: Prospective.

Suddenly, the Emperor is in chaos as if he was at the major hall of tension, dark like the night, while the blustery aura of the heavy ice is under the rapid outpouring from his outside palace.

From a distance of the Northwest Pavilion, Chu Qiao seems to be busy. Careful to find winter cat snake in the cave. Suddenly her ears heard the sound of drum, prolonged, graceful and forceful. She slowly stood straight, her eyes half squinting , slowly looked to the Southern plains where Sheng Jin Gong was located.

The night is deep and it is not a good idea to leave.

The snow was clear on its second day. Castle Peak Museum under its lustrous tile, two snow jade dog in the first light of the day appears. It is crystal clear, bright and light. While last night, under the heavy snow where a foot thick snow was collected it cannot be seen. Now the snow layers have been shoveled where the next person looking after the snow jade dog, his head and eyes seemed not cross eyed but looks as if he is afraid to see more than one as if he will get into trouble in general.

The jealous Jin Chen is wearing a thin pitch black shirt, her hair wrapped in a small clip with her pink skirt, she wears in her waist a baby pink sash. Standing on a white snow she became more gorgeous and glamorous. This day the girl were in the fourth juvenile service, but now only 13 years old, she got herself a classy meal and usually she is always with the fourth young master’s side. Out of her finesse attitude is some domineering side, her bereft tone her eyes was always showing disgust in the public. Only wearing a thin shirt tightly holding the snow jade dogs the youngster’s cold voice said: “Attention! the fourth young master said, this jade is alive, its power will be more and more bright and clean. The servant slaves are fortunate enough to be able to pay for the fourth young master and cannot be lazy. If I come back and sees who is not obedient, I will make sure to send them to the Jile pavilion to feed the crocodile.

The timid children nodded and force to obey, Jin Chen had a mocking eye on them, turned to the warm flowers and went to the room.

As the snow falls, colder weather settles, holding a shovel and a kiln that some cannot use, not to mention wearing only a thin shirt standing in the snow these children ‘s lips are frozen the entire time.

Chu Qiao carrying a fresh bale of peaches just came from the Blue Mountains, Jin Chen sees and meet her quickly from the flower room walked out and greeted her. Chu Qiao turned to stop, her look is rude and looks at Jin Jiao, she, tilted her head and said: What is it? ”

“Fourth young master is napping, just hand over the fresh bale peach to me.”

Chu Qiao smiles and nodded her head, and she handed out the peach to her. Jin Chen sneered and went into the flower room. Chu Qiao does not know yet if she is going to give it to the fourth young master so she sat tight, suddenly she put her ears to the Xuan hall and she heard a voice of anger, Jin Jiao looked on panic and she put down the peach then ran away. From the door, a colorful shadow from the door fly out to her, the shadow brushed her and twisted her face, soft and cold, there is a trace stench of vapor like a creamy smoke.

Jin Jiao bowed and then looked and finds herself in a high spirit of the snake, suddenly the soul of flying outside, exclaimed and sat on the ground.

Chu Qiao ran inside the Hall and went straight and found Zhuge Yue room, his eyebrows locked and weak, wearing a lake green Jin Yinhua garment with brocade and his waist belt solely created to Zhuge Yue household leaning on the soft couch, on his left wrist was dripping red black blood apparently has been snake bites.

Chu Qiao ran again a few steps and grabbed the left wrist of Zhuge Yue, picked up the knife on the table near him and then cut a fruit. She dripped it against the wound and put down his wrist so the snakes poison does not reach the veins of Zhuge Yue’s heart.

Zhuge Yue full of anger wanted to speak but was surprised to see Chu Qiao draw a small cross in his wound, squeeze a few times and to suck up the poison in her mouth, and then she spit on the floor twice and she anxiously said: Young master please do not make the effort, otherwise the poison will spread faster, his servant slaves already went so fetch the physician.

At the moment, the door has gathered a large number of servants carrying a candle while on panic rushed to come forward and pushed Chu Qiao, the servants kneeling on the ground to seize Zhuge Yue hand and cried: “Master, how are you?

“Get out!” Zhuge Yue frowned. Kicked in the candle holder, he exclaimed but his voice is light even in a manner of shout he said: “you are a group of useless waste!”

Thin spider-like arms touched Chua Qiao and suddenly startled as she saw the insects crawling on the ground, like an army attacking the young master more than twenty. It looks scary and terrible.

Chu Qiao quickly got the candle holder stand and quickly lit the candlestick, to drive snakes away, worms and when the snakes feared scattered and suddenly went out.

Zhuge family physician was outside Aoyama (means Castle Peak) courtyard and quickly came as the crowd was dispersed at, the elite family members who are all trembling at the castle door, left one by one.

Soon the physician arrived and came forward to the audience and said: “Who is the star girl?

The doctor did not expect such a big child, slightly dizzy, pondered for the meantime while, Chu Qiao coldy said: “You come in, fourth young master said do you have the antidote of the poison’s snake bite, please come to the young master for you to see.

Before and after more than a hundred people on both sides came to probe the thriller incident. They looked up to Chu Qiao and her face not merely in panic, she knelt first and bowed her head grateful for fourth young master’s bestowed grace, then followed the doctor into the Xuan hall.

Chu Qiao was cold and her hair iron tassel was lower than Zhuge Yue household and to avoid further impression as one of the lowest slaves in her quick mind she turned, so the physician would not see her iron hair tassel.

Soon for the effort, Chu Qiao came out of the Xuan hall looking sadly and did not have that usual arrogant look. After the doctor left, Jin Chen and two girls holding the candle with a few high officials into the Zhuge Yue room, Zhuge Yue leaning on the back, eyes half closed, he softly said: “Who is that bold someone who here and cut my wrist?”

Jin Chen glanced at Jin Jiao and bowed their head and said: “Master, she is just a slave….”

“You do not have to say,” Zhuge Yue voice indifferent and explained he said: “You know my rules here, always do not eat and drink with idlers. ”No more than own thirty whips for the back of slaves facing the board, and then his soldier servants took a letter from his office and he said: Approved. ”

Jin Chen holding the candle, tears suddenly fall down, kneeling on the ground loudly cried: “Master, you have to spare the slaves this time, slaves would no longer dare.

Zhuge Yue raised his brow lightly, two Kong Wu(means business and military marshals) and powerful Dan suddenly came forward after some instructions they set their foot to a mission, holding a candle and went out.

“Who are the gatekeeper guards?”

Two knees kneeling on the ground, trembling, could not hold the kowtow said: “I am guilty and ashamed I let the my young master risk his own life but this one beside me also made me do it and I let the servants inside without checking.”

Zhuge Yue opened his eyes and with a glimpse of his two eyes questioned and said: “is it the two of you?

“You have always been playing others, and now so go to the patio, hold the board to fight each other, let’s see who die first and whoever lives will not be punished.”

With Zhuge Yue almost died and got wrist injury, he is upset, frowned and said: “All of you get out of it and do not come near me to watch while I am upset.” Slaves knows how is the young master’s rules and if it turns out to rage, it’ll be hard to turn if off so as Zhuge Yue hunts the criminal, the entire Zhuge Yue household seemed like dead that no one can hide.

Everyone in the case of amnesty, suddenly Qi (means breath) will soon go out. Before every slaves has to leave their breaths, a little bold voice suddenly said: “Young Master, slaves do not go out of the castle peak and I saw that a few pots of fire rattan vine was installed in the Castle Peak.

Zhuge Yue raises his brow: “What did you say?”

Everyone turned their backs to see this little slave just entering the Aoyama (means castle peak) courtyard standing behind the crowd, small size, tender voice slowly said: “Although it is the winter season, but Castle Peak location is special, close to the Hot springs, a lot of warm climate means more mosquito and moths. Rattan vines attract these insects and these vines stores more heat so for colder season it is easy for snakes to crawl and make the vines a temporary shelter as they have more food to eat like the mosquitoes then birds eat snakes in return. This is a common sense, slaves should have long thought of.

Zhuge Yue wrinkled his eyebrows and had long pause of thought, turned to them and said: “Who put these pots of fire to send vine angles creep in the castle peak?

Jin Jiao face turns white, trembling and said: “Master, this pottery is sent yesterday by Zhu Shun and he said it is from southern specialty, he said that you young master may like it and then deliberately the slaves placed it under your household. ”

“Zhu Shun?” Zhuge Yue turned out cold, his pair of narrow eyes went colder than his gestures, slowly said: “Are you also aware that the steward is after for more and more prestige, and next time if he bought a dagger from the Western Regions, he let you put in the young master ‘s bed, with no doubt you will do it.”

Jin Chen shocked, promptly in a kowtow position and said: “your servants do not dare!

Zhuge Yue indifferent without a word, some servants and slaves are dismissed when Zhuge Yue suddenly said: “You, after me, in the waiting room.”

Everyone surprised a moment, they do not know who among them was called and then he said as Zhuge Yue throws an impatient frown, pointing to Chu Qiao said: “Yes, you star child.”

All eyes and eyes suddenly gathered together, Chu Qiao down on her head respectfully said: “slaves obeys.”

Out of the Xuan hall, the Zhuge Yue servants put the blood of the candle on the carriage, a weak woman was hit no more than thirty plus on board, and will be thrown into the kind of place in the military, where their life will be in chaos. Zhue Yue does not usually do what Zhue Huai Jile Pavilion household does but thrives on punishing people to life sentence and see them perish.

Jin Jiao seeing her at the back is feeling cold, hands and feet are shivering. At this time, a sweet voice suddenly sounded behind, she turned to see Chu Qiao looked at her smiling, sweet face, said: “Jin Jiao sister, we will work together later, I am young, you have to take care of me!

I do not know why Jin Chen at moment actually shows panic, she looked at Chu Qiao forced to become calm and said: “We are all slaves, we mutually take care of each other and that it should be.

“Is that so?” Chu Qiao smiled sarcastically then said: “There were still children here, do you think Jin Jiao did not do it?

The children they nodded and said: “They are almost there inside the room of the master at the same time.

“I would like to thank you for the first time” Chu Qiao smiled and she continued to walk. Then children felt frozen and then dispersed themselves. But one of them remembered turned and said: “If not for you sister the young master must have been killed and because of his kindness you are still alive and all of us slaves, so the children here feel good about you. Jin Chen followed her with a candle she is holding and told Chu Qiao:

Jin Jiao did not put in the pot, with a pair of eyes tightly looking at Chu Qiao she added: “just think this little child whole body is braved by the evil, it is scary” Chu Qiao slowly came forward, tiptoed as she knows Jin Chen is lying, on the jealous ear slowly said: “As the saying goes, good and evil in the end will be exposed, and retaliation will not come today because time has not yet arrived, correct?

Jin Chen surprised, suddenly stepped back, turned and wanted to leave. Chu Qiao hands with her quick eyes caught her shoulder, the girl was shocked and she almost jumped then shouted: “What are you going to do?

Chu Qiao in cold hum and has no longer the slightest smile on her face and then coldly said: “Are you nervous or what? I just want you to go back to pick bale peach.

“bale peach?”

“You and I are now with the room maidservants, there is no distinction between high and low, I went hard to go to Nanyuan to gather baled peaches, do you not think that I was very safe when I was picking baled peaches? By saying this, Chu Qiao has just announced she was promoted from the lowest slave to a room maidservant.

The thin one, suddenly went on speechless.

Chu Qiao turned and walked toward the flower house, while walking, someone from the other side said: “Castle cannot cover as the river east flows, knowledge of the other party is always an advanatge. Some words you can only say, some warning you can only do once, after how you acted today, how do you think about yourself?

This day, is not calm ordinary day, the elders issued a destroyer to Shangxian thief who stole the paper-snow letters. Huangtian Department is tasked to suppress the stage of their rebellion but the seven gatekeepers who are powerful and well off homeowners are robbing the head to fight the Department of Huang and his days are numbered as the Commander of this position. Zhuge Household, the majority of Zhuge Muqing (means ancestors or families) is working in the Imperial Government, almost all of the authority and their affairs are subject to Zhuge Huai who presided over the vast Imperial Court of the above, its Imperial swords and its Imperial university.

Also on this day, Zhuge Household, the fourth son Zhuge Yue was on the news that he was bitten by snakes. Although the treatment was done timely, he still needs time to rest. Zhuge Yue, holds the position as Major General of Huang Tian Department, the old and origin of the Zhuge Yue Shrine. Once upon a time three soldiers from the northwest Sharman became rebellious, with their superb martial arts on Wuxia, Zhuge Yue together with Zhuge Huai seized the leader. Other major gate information source are very well informed and can quickly grasp the news. Zhuge Huai went on foot and saw his brother Zhuge Yue was at war with his household. The words of the opposition were followed by the cautious servant that was about to report to the Imperial palace. . In the afternoon, when the imperial physician was about to leave the Zhuge Huai ambushed him so he would not be able to report back to the palace then he said:” You don’t have any idea or no sense of Zhuge family or Huang family days, so you had to be quietly be dispelled.”

With the corpse in the Zhuge Huai’s courtyard, as usual he has to dispatch and his forte to clean up this dirty mess. Then some of Zhuge family powerful elites of their blood relatives was at the family’s door, Zhuge Huai household now in the moment of disturbance.

On the same day, because of young master Zhuge Yue’s injury, Zhuge House was staged to melodrama for rewards or punishment. Jin Chen who always bully the children and other maidservants was now under the corpses, and two gatekeepers who were on fight with sticks beat each other and one died while the other one is in injury, and on its second day due to his condition was not able to treat, he expired. Zhuge Yue household older housekeepers were also beaten no more than 30 whips on the board because the pots in the Castle peak was not thoroughly checked and caused snake bites to the young master. They stayed in their rooms and still groaning while resting.

After the northwest mountain next to the warmth of the crocodile pavilion lake, once again quietly sank three corpses, let the fish and shrimp eat and no one dared to see.

Dark night, starry night without light, Chu Qiao took it from her hands the last eight string of paper money from an old canister then she murmured with whisper sound: “You look at it.”

afterthoughts- This is Zhuge Yue nature and glad to find more details and inside look of his household. In this chapter we were able to uncover who he really is, his own rules, the always peaceful kind of master yet it is very hard to turn it off once it is being attack, his differences with Zhuge Huai which actually was his full blooded brother. Zhuge Yue manages the old Zhuge Yue Huang Shrine he is the master of the inside while Zhuge Huai manages the Imperial courts, swords and their university which is considered the leader and master of outside of Zhuge household. Zhuge Huai have vast authority over the land while Zhuge Yue controls and manages the information of the land. Zhuge Huai does not really do melodrama’s in his household as he is not at risk of direct attacks but what he does is different from Zhuge Yue. If Zhuge Yue has a lake at the back of the blue mountain where he feeds the natural fishes and shirmps, Zhuge Huai has this fearsome Jile Pavilion where he hides his crocodile pets and feeds them with human flesh. Zhuge Huai do no punish but selects candidates and there is only one place to kill them and put them away. Like a death penalty law so is how he handles his affairs in his own hands and may bypass his courts which he is the head. Zhuge Yue on the other hand is always at risk of direct attacks and his manner of handling his affairs is through rewards and punishment. He investigates and hunts the criminal and does not stop until he finds them. Merits are given to those meritorious acts and punishments for those criminal acts and Zhuge Yue does not only punishes the involved but his entire household as we read in this chapter and Zhuge Yue is not a fan of lethal killing but more on democratic like life sentence to a proven evidence criminal as he likes to see the person perish, death is too easy as it is like a grace. While Zhuge Huai likes the shortcut of everything as he knows courts rules are boring and tiring but with Zhuge Yue its different perspective, he likes the spying, hunting game and capture the villains. With regards to Jin Chen’s cause of death was not discussed but may have done suicide as she cannot accept Chu Qiao’s promotion and probably when Chu Qiao said she has to pick baled peaches it scared her and therefore Jin Chen may have been demoted to low slaves status. She did not die by Zhuge Yue’s order and maybe suicide she has done to herself as the next day Zhuge Yue find her dead. For her, maybe in pity, its as good as dying if she is to become a slave again after her fourth juvenile service with Zhuge Yue hosehold.

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I came back all over chapter 4 just to make sure everything was covered and then I provided some after thoughts on why Yan Xun aimed at the child it happened to be that it was for her own good so his hunting mates will leave the child alone. So true to his principles!! better read than watched instead!!!

Hello readers, Thank you for stopping by to read this translated novel. I cannot express how my heart wants to finish this writing in an entire sitting and upload it so you can read it too. Too wonderful detailed events for the next chapters.

No, Thank you instead. I have this page bookmarked, so i can check for updates once in a while. I just hope that you can post this to facebook so that all our PA fans can read this too. COPY RIGHTS??? SUCKS.

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